cylinder seal

noun

a small carved cylinder used especially by the ancient Mesopotamians to impress a design in wet clay.

Origin of cylinder seal

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby cylinder seal

cylinder front, cylinder glass, cylinder head, cylinder press, cylinder saw, cylinder seal, cylindraceous, cylindrical, cylindrical coordinate, cylindrical coordinates, cylindrical lens

Example sentences from the Web for cylinder seal

There is apparently only one isolated occurrence of a camel on a cylinder-seal, and that belongs to the Persian period.
Mesopotamian Archaeology|Percy S. P. Handcock
No. 85-4-8, 1; it is shaped like a cylinder-seal, and is inscribed with an incantation for Shamash-Killni.
Mesopotamian Archaeology|Percy S. P. Handcock
The cylinder-seal was employed in Assyria from the earliest periods of her history, Fig. 72.
Mesopotamian Archaeology|Percy S. P. Handcock

单词	cylinder seal
释义	cylinder seal noun a small carved cylinder used especially by the ancient Mesopotamians to impress a design in wet clay. Origin of cylinder seal First recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby cylinder seal cylinder front, cylinder glass, cylinder head, cylinder press, cylinder saw, cylinder seal, cylindraceous, cylindrical, cylindrical coordinate, cylindrical coordinates, cylindrical lens Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cylinder seal There is apparently only one isolated occurrence of a camel on a cylinder-seal, and that belongs to the Persian period. Mesopotamian Archaeology\|Percy S. P. Handcock No. 85-4-8, 1; it is shaped like a cylinder-seal, and is inscribed with an incantation for Shamash-Killni. Mesopotamian Archaeology\|Percy S. P. Handcock The cylinder-seal was employed in Assyria from the earliest periods of her history, Fig. 72. Mesopotamian Archaeology\|Percy S. P. Handcock
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