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Why Ancient Mesopotamians Took Their Signatures So Seriously

18 July 2026 at 16:53
Babylonian Seal Made of Chalcedony Inscribed With a Hymn to the Goddess InannaCylinder seals were far more than ancient signatures. They fused art, power, and belief into objects that revealed exactly who their owners were. The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals. Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for [...]
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