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The 8 pages that link to Cylinder seal, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformRelated: Seals accompanied early administrative records and helped authenticate transactions.

• UrukRelated: Uruk seals helped identify people and control institutional goods.

• UrRelated: Seals authenticated goods and records moving through Ur’s institutions.

• Uruk periodRelated: Seals helped control goods and authenticate transactions in expanding administrations.

• Cyrus CylinderCompared with: Despite its shape, the Cyrus Cylinder is an inscribed object, not a seal.

• SerekhRelated: Seals bearing royal names helped identify authority over goods and records.

• EnheduannaRelated: Seals and inscriptions help historians place elite religious figures within Mesopotamian institutions.

• Jemdet Nasr periodRelated: Seals authenticated containers and records within the period’s administrative practices.