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cylinder seal

form of seal used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface
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cylinder seal

Summary

cylinder seal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cylinder seal is a type of seal[2].
  • cylinder seal is a type of archaeological artefact[3].
  • cylinder seal is a type of artificial physical object[4].
  • cylinder seal is a type of mold[5].
  • cylinder seal's Commons category is recorded as Cylinder seals[6].
  • cylinder seal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 4000 BC[7].
  • cylinder seal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cylinder and impression seals in archaeology[8].
  • cylinder seal's location of creation is recorded as Uruk[9].
  • cylinder seal's location of creation is recorded as Susa[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include seal[2], archaeological artefact[3], artificial physical object[4], and mold[5].

Why It Matters

cylinder seal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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