1. There were also cylinder seals , which indicates some type of administrative activities. 2. Furthermore, Neferkasokar's name appears on a steatite cylinder seal of unknown provenance. 3. Cylinder seals originate from southern Mesopotamia ( now Iraq ) or south-western Iran.4. The first cylinder seals come from the Proto-Elamite period, as well. 5. The cylinder seal ties Mesopotamia to cities in other regions that adopted it. 6. The cylinder seals display humans as well as animals in a very crude style. 7. Because cylinder seals are numerous and also come from fifth millenniums, themes are varied. 8. A closely related motif occurs on some cylinder seals of the Old Babylonian cylinder seals. 9. They largely replaced cylinder seals and circular " button seals " with simple geometric designs. 10. Examples of the cylinder seal , which was invented in Mesopotamia, are sprinkled throughout the exhibit.
