Cylinder seals were created in the region, usually made of stone and engraved with a series of designs. The cylinders were rolled onto clay tablets, leaving a stamped impression of the design.

Over 200 administrative tablets and around 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators have been uncovered by ...

Seals were most often made of stone but also sometimes of bone, ivory, faience, glass, metal, wood, or even sun-dried or baked clay. A recessed inscription was carved onto the cylinder, which produced ...

The Girsu Project researchers found more than 200 tablets and some 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators in Girsu. These clay records are incredibly detailed, showing fierce ...