cylinder seal

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cylinder seal¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The idea began percolating about 25 years ago, he said, when he saw Enheduanna’s name on a lapis lazuli cylinder seal belonging to one of her scribes — one of five artifacts where her name is attested independently of copies of her poetry.

From New York Times

After Mr. Sadigh’s arrest, prosecutors obtained a second warrant allowing them to search for tools used in the modification of antiquities or “objects purporting to be antiquities” as well as items like a sarcophagus valued at $50,000, a cylinder seal valued at $40,000 and a statue of the goddess Artemis valued at $25,000, all suspected of being fakes.

From New York Times

A brake master cylinder seal can become damaged and leak brake fluid, reducing front brake performance and increasing stopping distances.

From Washington Times

A brake master cylinder seal can become damaged and leak brake fluid, reducing front brake performance and increasing stopping distances.

From Seattle Times

Nor is it necessary to a true faith in God and Christianity to believe that God’s prophets never spoke to humanity or wrote down his messages on tablet or cylinder seal before those messages were given by the Bible to the Jewish nation.

From Project Gutenberg