Cylinder seals 

Caption

Import restricted since 1990, section II.B.1 of 2008 designated list.

Size: 2-8 cm high; 1-3 cm in diameter

Date: Chalcolithic (c. 5500-3000 BC) - Achaemenid Persian (539-331 BC)

A cylinder seal is a large cylindrical bead with a hole pierced through its vertical axis and engraved images around the outer circumference. This is the predominant seal type from the end of the 4th millennium through the 1st millennium BC.