Art, Symbol & Imagination
Building Scenes from Babylonian Cylinder Seals
Two rectangular groups show standing figures beside architectural or ladder-like forms. The lower caption identifies men engaged in building, from a Babylonian cylinder. Smith uses the paired reproductions within his discussion of ancient accounts. Their small repeated figures belong to seal imagery rather than a single large wall relief.
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Illustrator not identified. "Building Scenes from Babylonian Cylinder Seals" [editorial title]. In The Chaldean Account of Genesis, George Smith. 1876, Scribner, Armstrong & Co.. Source scan leaf 185. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0038-0176
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Illustrator not identified. Building Scenes from Babylonian Cylinder Seals. The Chaldean Account of Genesis. Scan leaf 185. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0038-0176