Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal

c. 3100–2900 BC · Sumer

Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal, from Sumer, dated c. 3100–2900 BC. It was found at Khafajah. Today it is kept at the ISAC (Oriental Institute), Chicago.

Date

c. 3100–2900 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Khafajah

Where it is today

ISAC (Oriental Institute), Chicago

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