Akkadian Cylinder Seals and Glyptic Art (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

1. Akkadian period glyptic dated ca. 2350–2150 BCE

   Jan 1, 2350 BCELabels: Akkadian seals, Glyptic art

   • Met
   • Brooklyn

2. Akkadian Empire established under Sargon

   Jan 1, 2334 BCELabels: Sargon, Akkadian Empire

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

3. Akkadian seal engraving emphasizes clear figure spacing

   Jan 1, 2300 BCELabels: Seal engraving, Akkadian style

   • Britannica

4. Adda Seal produced and later found at Sippar

   Jan 1, 2300 BCELabels: Adda Seal, Sippar

   • British Museum
   • BM Term

5. Sargon I era seal shows official inspection procession

   Jan 1, 2300 BCELabels: Sargon I, Official procession

   • British Museum

6. Combat-scene seals exemplify late Akkadian aesthetic

   Jan 1, 2255 BCELabels: Combat seals, Late Akkadian

   • Brooklyn

7. Naram-Sin’s reign popularizes royal-divine imagery

   Jan 1, 2254 BCELabels: Naram-Sin, Royal divinity

   • Smarthistory
   • UMich VRC

8. Shar-Kali-Sharri’s reign attested in named seal

   Jan 1, 2217 BCELabels: Shar-Kali-Sharri, Named seal

   • Louvre

9. Inscribed seals highlight scribes’ administrative identities

   Jan 1, 2217 BCELabels: Inscribed seals, Scribes

   • Louvre

10. Post-Akkadian banquet-scene seal later misread as biblical

    Jan 1, 2200 BCELabels: Banquet seal, Post-Akkadian

    • British Museum
    • Wikipedia

11. Akkadian dynasty ends; glyptic traditions persist

    Jan 1, 2154 BCELabels: Akkadian dynasty, Glyptic continuity

    • Met
    • Britannica

12. Ur III period adopts and imitates Akkadian seal imagery

    Jan 1, 2100 BCELabels: Ur III, Akkadian imitation

    • Walters