The introduction of the lapidary engraving wheel in Mesopotamia

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 284, 2000, Pages 380-387

  Sax, Margaret ^a   Meeks, Nigel D ^a   Collon, Dominique ^b  

^a Department of Scientific Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cylinder seal; Engraving technique; Replication; Scanning electron microscopy; Stone; Wheel cutting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039337413     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059469     Document Type: Article

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