21. A fine cylinder seal bearing her name and royal titulary is today located in the British Museum. 22. Hurrian cylinder seals often depict mythological creatures such as winged humans or animals, dragons and other monsters. 23. In the early nineteenth century a Persian Achaemenid cuneiform cylinder seal was found in or near Herat. 24. In fact, the only written document heretofore discovered is a small cylinder seal with an inscription in Luwian. 25. A good example is the modest exhibition of cylinder seals now on display at the Pierpont Morgan Library. 26. On cylinder seals , he is represented as an old man with a flowing beard and the crescent symbol. 27. Cylinder seals appeared first around 3600 bc in southern Mesopotamia and south-western Iran ( Middle Uruk Period ).28. Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal . 29. It was during this period that pottery painting declined as copper started to become popular, along with cylinder seals . 30. Cylinder seals are a form of impression seal, a category which includes the stamp seal and finger ring seal.
