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Excerpt from Engraved Gems: Signets, Talismans and Ornamental Intaglios, Ancient and Modern <p>The use of the cylinder spread over western Asia and Egypt, where Menes, the first king of the upper and lower countries, had such a Signet. At a later time the Asiatic favored a conical seal, also pierced and suspended, but the study of these forms, together with the mythology and writ ings pictured on them, is a separate branch Of the subject calling for the Oriental specialist, and the work of Dr. William Hayes Ward fills the field most satisfactorily. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.