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