Artistic Works and the Cuneiform Inscription on Cylinder Seals of the Akkadian Kingdom Servicemen

Abstract

This study is one of the modern areas in cuneiform study which depends heavily on the analysis of the artistic work and its comparison with related texts which sheds light on the history of the kingdom. It reflects an important aspect of the civilization golden Akkadian age of the art in Mesopotamia created by Akkadian servicemen whose achievements have been recorded by history. It aims at shedding light on the cuneiform inscriptions on these seals and analyse their contents. It also introduces the formulas of the forms and patterns inscribed on them and what they tell us about the servicemen who made them: their names and professions throughout the Akkadian ages, the mention of which has been neglected by scholars like Frankfort and Moortgat. In addition, it shows the themes of the artistic works inscribed on them and how they developed with time in order to prove that these servicemen’s texts and their scenes. Art among the most beautiful pieces of carving and inscription of all civilizations. The Akkadian service through making such pieces managed to combine the seal with skill and to established a school that the specialists of our time cannot do without it in their studies.