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The Oldest-dated Seal Cylinders.—M. Leon Legrain, in the March issue of the Museum Journal, claims for the University Museum, Philadelphia, the possession of the oldest-dated cylinder seal, brought from Baghdad in 1890, which belonged to Basha-Enzu, probably the first king of the IVth Kish dynasty, about 2990 B.C. It therefore antedates the famous buffalo seal of Sargani of Akkad, and pushes back toward the third millenium B.C. a standard of art formerly known as the Gudea style. The engraving is of special interest from the point of view of Babylonian ritual. The museum also prides itself on possessing the oldest Cassite royal seal cylinder so far known, bearing the earliest contemporary record of the war god Shugamuna. It is inscribed with the name of the son of King Karaindash, and may be dated about 1540 B.C.
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Research Items. Nature 110, 462 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110462a0
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