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Cylinder seal excavated at Tell Agrab (Frankfort 1955, Ag.35:793).
Shrine with gatepost symbols below a curved line; above: a face + three rosettes, linked by lines.

The best part?
That oddly friendly face 😄 staring straight back at you.
Not divine distance — but closeness. Almost humor.

🪨 White limestone | 📏 5 × 4.4 cm
Ancient seals had personality. This one still does.

#LookAtThisSeal #CylinderSeal #AncientArt #Archaeology #KISHIBProject

Yesterday and today the project took part in the DiHMa.Lab Workshop (14–15 October 2025) — a joint event by MaRDI and NFDI4Objects at FU Berlin.

We presented our work on KIŠIB – The Digital Corpus of Ancient West Asian Seals and Sealings, and it was great to see how well digital humanities and research data infrastructures resonate with colleagues from mathematics and the NFDI network.

#KISHIBProject #DigitalHumanities #NFDI4Objects #MaRDI #DiHMaLab

This cylinder seal shows a sacrifice in front of a ziggurat. A priest in a long robe faces right, standing before a censer and a sacrificial table with legs ending in animal feet. On the table lie curved offerings and four dotted elements that mark additional gifts.

🔹 Middle Assyrian period (13th-12th BCE)
🔹 Stone cylinder seal, VA 05362
🔹 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
👉 https://id.smb.museum/object/2065364/

#KISHIBProject #mesopotamia #cylinderseal #ziggurat #glyptic

This cylinder seal shows a sacrifice in front of a ziggurat. A priest in a long robe faces right, standing before a censer and a sacrificial table with legs ending in animal feet. On the table lie curved offerings and four dotted elements that mark additional gifts.

🔹 Middle Assyrian period (13th-12th BCE)
🔹 Stone cylinder seal, VA 05362
🔹 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
👉 https://id.smb.museum/object/2065364/

#KISHIBProject #mesopotamia #cylinderseal #ziggurat #glyptic

This cylinder seal shows a sacrifice in front of a ziggurat. A priest in a long robe faces right, standing before a censer and a sacrificial table with legs ending in animal feet. On the table lie curved offerings and four dotted elements that mark additional gifts.

🔹 Middle Assyrian period (13th-12th BCE)
🔹 Stone cylinder seal, VA 05362
🔹 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
👉 https://id.smb.museum/object/2065364/

#KISHIBProject #mesopotamia #cylinderseal #ziggurat #glyptic

This cylinder seal shows a sacrifice in front of a ziggurat. A priest in a long robe faces right, standing before a censer and a sacrificial table with legs ending in animal feet. On the table lie curved offerings and four dotted elements that mark additional gifts.

🔹 Middle Assyrian period (13th-12th BCE)
🔹 Stone cylinder seal, VA 05362
🔹 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
👉 https://id.smb.museum/object/2065364/

#KISHIBProject #mesopotamia #cylinderseal #ziggurat #glyptic

This cylinder seal shows a sacrifice in front of a ziggurat. A priest in a long robe faces right, standing before a censer and a sacrificial table with legs ending in animal feet. On the table lie curved offerings and four dotted elements that mark additional gifts.

🔹 Middle Assyrian period (13th-12th BCE)
🔹 Stone cylinder seal, VA 05362
🔹 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
👉 https://id.smb.museum/object/2065364/

#KISHIBProject #mesopotamia #cylinderseal #ziggurat #glyptic