1.3.02026-05-24cylinder seal, sealRådata3400328objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3400328MM 14607Decorative pattern of what appears to be three sections, the largest is of six columns of short horizontal strokes between 8-10 in each column. On one side a panel of 4 to 5 vertical lines; at the other side a group of various straight and curved lines that are difficult to interpret. Borderlines above and below. Helen Merrillees catalogue 1995.MM 14607, VII Nils Rettig Collection Series nos. 14607, 14609, 14612-14614, 14623, 14633, 14631 (9 cylinders) Nils Rettig was an official of the Swedish Foreign Office from 1920 to his death on 11 March 1933 in Egypt. He served in a number of countries with distinction, ending as First Secretary in the Swedish Legation in Cairo. He was interested in and bought antiquities from dealers in that city. A few of these were given by N. Rettig to the Egyptian Museum and the rest were acquired after his death from his brother, including this group of seals., Condition - some chipping and marks I on the end edges and tops., 26 X 19 x 18 mm (slightly barrel shaped), bores 4 mm, holes irregular in shape., Parallels: Amiet 1992, p. 205 nos. 542-544 excavated at Ras Shamra-Ugarit, they are described as made of brown and black stone and steatite. Such types of random linear decoration usually made of clay have a long history and wide distribution although many are believed to come from the Diyala region (check Al Gailani Werr).FörvärvadRettig, Nilshttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/3223143http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3400328http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3400328http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3400328