The history of agates starts out with the earliest of civilizations, the Sumer civilization of roughly 3000–2300 B.C. Although Sumerian necklaces, cylinder seals, and ceremonial bowls and axe-heads of agate are found, it appears that the main use of agate was in the manufacture of cylinder seals.

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Timeline and History of Agates

  • Andrejs Zarins

摘要

The history of agates starts out with the earliest of civilizations, the Sumer civilization of roughly 3000–2300 B.C. Although Sumerian necklaces, cylinder seals, and ceremonial bowls and axe-heads of agate are found, it appears that the main use of agate was in the manufacture of cylinder seals.