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Definition of cylinder seal in English: cylinder sealnoun Archaeology A small barrel-shaped stone object with a hole down the centre and bearing an incised design or cuneiform inscription, originally for rolling on clay when soft to indicate ownership or authenticate a document, used chiefly in Mesopotamia from the late 4th to the 1st millennium BC. 〔考古〕筒形石印（刻有图案的筒状物，原先滚在软黏土上，以示石刻的所有人，或认证石刻铭文，主要用于公元前4000年至公元前1000年的美索不达米亚） Example sentencesExamples - Despite the disaster in the museum, virtually all 80,000 of the institution's cuneiform tablets appear to be safe, as do most of the precious Mesopotamian cylinder seals.
- More than 50 museums from countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East contributed nearly 400 rare works of art including sculpture, jewelry, vessels, weapons, inlays, cylinder seals and tablets.
- On display are marvelous examples of statuary, jewelry, architectural elements, cylinder seals, and various decorative objects.
- The earliest known gems are cylinder seals made in Babylon about 4000 BC.
- Those cabinets contained arguably the world's finest collection of absolutely exquisite cylinder seals and the world's finest collection of Greek, Roman, Islamic and Arabic gold and silver coins.
Definition of cylinder seal in US English: cylinder sealnoun Archaeology A small, barrel-shaped stone object with a hole down the center and an incised design or cuneiform inscription. It was originally rolled on clay when soft to indicate ownership or to authenticate a document and was used chiefly in Mesopotamia from the late 4th to the 1st millennium BC. 〔考古〕筒形石印（刻有图案的筒状物，原先滚在软黏土上，以示石刻的所有人，或认证石刻铭文，主要用于公元前4000年至公元前1000年的美索不达米亚） Example sentencesExamples - On display are marvelous examples of statuary, jewelry, architectural elements, cylinder seals, and various decorative objects.
- Those cabinets contained arguably the world's finest collection of absolutely exquisite cylinder seals and the world's finest collection of Greek, Roman, Islamic and Arabic gold and silver coins.
- The earliest known gems are cylinder seals made in Babylon about 4000 BC.
- Despite the disaster in the museum, virtually all 80,000 of the institution's cuneiform tablets appear to be safe, as do most of the precious Mesopotamian cylinder seals.
- More than 50 museums from countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East contributed nearly 400 rare works of art including sculpture, jewelry, vessels, weapons, inlays, cylinder seals and tablets.
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