86 - Ancient Cylinder Seal Now Mounted in 22 Karat Yellow Gold and Converted into a Pendant. Cylinder-Shaped Stones Carved with a Decorative Design in Intaglio (engraved). The cylinder was Rolled Over Wet Clay to Mark or Identify Clay Tablets, Envelopes, Ceramics and Bricks. It so Covers an Area as Large as Desired, an Advantage over Earlier Stamp Seals. Its use and Spread Coincides with the use of Clay Tablets, Starting at the end of the 4th Millennium up to the end of the First Millennium. After this time stamp seals are used again. Cylinder seals are important to historians. The seals were Needed as Signature, Confirmation of Receipt, or to Mark Clay Tablets and Building Blocks. Stamp and cylinder seals for Identifying Ownership of Property, and Tokens for Recording Commodities, were other Possible Sources. Unsigned. Measures 2-1/8 Inches Long. Shipping $10.00 (estimate $1,500-$2,500)