The Greek historian Herodotus describes the cultural progress of ancient Iraq:
“Every person in Mesopotamia, ancient Iraq, had a seal used as a signature, with which he signed the soft wage in the last letters or contracts written on him.”

Akkadian Civilization, about 2300-2200 BC

Cylindrical seal with three Personals with mushkhushshu
Eyed sardonyx quartz (probably artifically dyed agate) cylinder seal; banded, brown, white-brown and white; a bearded god (probably the moon god Sin)

Cultures Assyrian Mesopotamia iraq date1250BC