THOUSANDS Of These Have Been Found Around The Ancient World
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Scattered around the sites of ancient Mesopotamia are thousands of devices called cylinder seals. They are equal parts stamp, credit card, and jewelry. They were how people signed for things and proved who they were in the days before paper. It’s a fascinating relic of a time long past and proof that the same issues of authentication that blockchain was developed to solve have been a part of humanity from day one.
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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://www.govinfo.gov/about/authentication
https://hbr.org/2022/05/what-is-web3
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-59745-301-1_5
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/422-2105/features/9592-ancient-tax-time
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-signet-rings/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_seal#/media/File:S03_06_01_017_image_2348.jpg
https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/notable-collections/profiles/cylinder-seals.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/2018/cylinder-seals-tiny-treasures-that-leave-a-big-impression
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327685
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/373418?journalCode=jnes
https://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=use_of_seals
https://www.nature.com/articles/143999a0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_hieroglyphs
https://mashable.com/article/tiffany-nfts-cryptopunks
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=51456&from=
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/leaving-impression-revealing-intricate-story-sumerian-cylinder-seals-021262https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_hieroglyphs
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=51456&from=
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
1:32 – Federal Authenticity
3:20 – Ancient Identification
4:40 – Advantages of Cylinder Seals
7:31 – Seals as Status Symbols
9:20 – Eventual Decline
11:25 – Sponsor – Brilliant
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@quackelstheduck2040
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
0:27 [BIG SHOT]!
@allisonsm
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
As someone who does pottery the issues you described when trying your replica out are just the struggles of clay stamping unfortunately 😭
@steveblomefield9513
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Scott… Put oil on the cylinder before you print the seal. It will help preventing clay sticking to the seal
@MaleRainbowAction
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
I use 2FA for everything. And NOT SMS CODES!
@robertgraybeard3750
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
side note: at 5:55 really liked your t-shirt
@bahamutbbob
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
So, I've literally never heard anyone pronounce it "pappyruss," is Joe pronouncing it correctly?
@davidmills9685
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Do you know what this is everybody had one in the bronze age – me seeing it between your fingers I go too a dark place.😂
@xuedalong
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Nice to hear an American pronounce Iraq as "Iraq" instead of "Eye Rack"
@Th3_Native
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
If moat of the population couldn't read these seals would be a great way to show what the transaction was through pictures. Could be used for many things to help portray information for anybody.
@Th3_Native
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
I think if you dip the seel in water then roll it should prevent sticking
@maxturgidson568
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
I don’t think the sticky would be a problem with real clay
@s0yboy
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
To keep the clay out of the cracks you need normal clay that is rolled out and very slightly dry (leather hard) and you should get much better print
@bilindalaw-morley161
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Apparently I have a criminal mind because @5:11 my first thought was… couldn't you get a clay tablet someone had "signed" and then copy a fraudulent cylinder from it?
@LuciousVBogeymanProd
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
THREE AJAH = hAWK TuAH
@phapnui
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Around 2:38 Brilliant!
@pinkducklett1051
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
When there was art in bureaucracy
@Roybwatchin
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
I work in a large aerospace company, let's call it Boeing, for 38 years. Anyway, we still use these today in our inspection areas, mostly in tooling departments. When certain "critical load" bolts are torqued to a specification, there is a small amount of putty applied to it and then the inspector will put his stamp on it. The putty is usually a bright color such as yellow or orange and is applied in a way that if the bolt or nut has worked loose, the putty will crack and you can easily see it during periodic inspections. I have seen them on actual airplane components in the past, but I don't recall seeing them like that anymore, but then again, I'm not out on the assemblies much these days.
@someinteresting
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Sorry, it is Tree Ahaw.
@eagz3394
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Don't they still use something similar in Japan to this day?
@Knifenstein21
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
8:46 “Mesopotamian Bling” Great band name.
@robertbaca1354
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Damn it, Graham Hancock, get back in your corner! 😂
@victoriaz14
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
this entire video felt like it was leading into a vpn and/or password manager ad spot lmao
@ricardoabh3242
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Like those Japanese stamps…
@porqpine5
October 29, 2024 at 6:56 am
Volume normalization… Please.