1.   A good example is the modest exhibition of cylinder seals now on display at the Pierpont Morgan Library.

2.   Cylinder seals, which were once used on tablets of wet clay in something like an ancient version of notarization, were for sale by the bagful.

3.   That lions were both a symbol of power and a real threat is apparent again in the cylinder seals, where they are repeatedly shown attacking domestic animals.

4.   The cylinder seals lie inert in their cases.

5.   The person she studied with told her to work on cylinder seals of the Akkad period.

6.   Among them is a stone vessel with an inscription in cuneiform, magnificent ivory cylinder seals, goblets, conical bowls and spouted jars.

7.   Foremost among the recovered artifacts are scores of cylinder seals which Iraqis used as signatures in the Sumerian period, said Raya Younis, a scientist at the museum.

8.   Remote and desolate, the site was long the target of grave robbers who the scientists say pilfered gold ornaments, cylinder seals made of precious stones and statuettes.

9.   Youkhanna paid twice as much money for a cylinder seal, which Mesopotamians used as a signature.