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Glyptics (Version 1)

The Data. Catalogs

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Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati – Jaune 2025

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Introduction

The sealings (whether original sealings or derived from existing seals) are listed here by major theme, in a topical sequence.

I list here the sealings for which there is either the full composition or enough of the composition to argue for what the original theme would have been like. This includes sealings with only an inscription or sufficiently complete fragments of a composition, whetheer in the primary or the secodnary motifs.

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Kings

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Tupkish (ca. 2300 B.C.)

TGL.kt1 Alq1036.10
A5.163
A5.187
A5q951.4
AKc.k1		 globular object notes
TL.kt2 A1.221
A1.455
Alq922.7
AKc.k2		 reclining lion
TGL.kt3 Alq922.6 warrior with helmet
TGL.kt4 Alq914.8 god with raised foot
TGL.kt5 AAlq981.19 Tupkish inscription only
TGL.kt6 A5.46 Tupkish inscription only

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Tarߴam-Agade’s endan (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.ke1 A13.15 Tarߴam-Agade's endan

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Ishar-kinum (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.ki1 A14.239
A14c1		 Ishar-kinum

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Queens

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Uqnitum (ca. 2300 B.C.)

TGL.qu1 AKq1 "Uqnitum the queen"
bending figures
TGL.qu2 A1.406 "Uqnitum the wife of Tupkish"
family scene
TGL.qu3 AKq3
DAMa 		"Uqnitum the wife"
queen facing left
boar as secondary motif
TGL.??? AKq5 same as TGL.qu3 ?
TGL.qu4 AKq4
DAMb 		"Uqnitum the wife"
queen facing right
concert as secondary motif
TGL.qu5 AKq6
DAMc 		"Uqnitum the wife"
queen facing right
table
concert as secondary motif
TGL.qu6 AKq7
DAMd 		"Uqnitum the wife"
orthographic variations
iconography same as qu5
TGL.qu7 AKq8
DAMe 		"Uqnitum the wife"
orthographic variations
iconography same as qu5

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Tarߴam-Agade (ca. 2250 B.C.)

TGL.qt1 AFc1 bull-man/lion contest

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Courtiers

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Uqnitum

TGL.cu1 AKh1 Zamena
TGL.cu2 AKh2
Zamena,
legend partly inverted
(detail: A15.323 --
should revise image
to show comb)
TGL.cu3 AKh3 Tuli,
name missing
TGL.cu4 AKh5 Tuli,
name present
TGL.cu5 AKh4 Innin-shadu

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Tar’am-Agade

TGL.ct1 AFc2 Ewrim-atal
TGL.ct10 AFc3 Ishar-beli

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Religion

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gods

TGL.rg1 AKc21 Kumarbi
TGL.rg2 A16.108 Shamash

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myth

TGL.rm1 A5q680.1 Etana

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cult

TGL.rc1 A15.270 bull sacrifice

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Daily life

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Humans

TGL.dh1 A1.241 banquet
TGL.dh2 A5.91 banquet


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Animals

TGL.da1 A7.321 herd


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Heraldic

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Animal combat

TGL.ha1 A1.289+
TGL.ha2 A1.424 add to filed # catalog?
there is only the aglyptic impression
TGL.ha2 A1q974.1 missing in field # catalog
TGL.ha2 A1q1062.8 missing in field # catalog


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Tree of life

TGL.dt1 A9.138 Mittani

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Arts and crafts

TGL.ac1 A1.364 potter's shop

























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