Dr. Albert Dietz is a West Asian archaeologist specializing in seals, sealings, and iconography. His research combines traditional glyptic studies with computational approaches to visual analysis and also explores the administrative use of seals. He has participated in numerous excavations in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran, and worked on glyptic material from major museum collections. He currently leads the Munich research unit of the KIŠIB project.
We are delighted to announce the first KIŠIB Conference, to be held from 22–24 July 2026 at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. Under the theme “Why sealing? From sealed clay to social interaction in ancient West Asia”, this three-day conference brings together leading scholars to explore the analytical potential of sealed…
This blog post introduces the ancient West Asian seals and sealings of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. While some objects have been published before, large parts of the collection are only now being systematically documented and analysed. Recent work, collaborations, and scientific methods open the way for a comprehensive study and presentation…
On August 13, the KIŠIB team joined colleagues at the Free University of Berlin to explore ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seals in a very hands-on way: by rolling them out on modeling clay and creating a new series of impressions. Rolling Seals, Ancient Practice Revisited It was a quiet but focused afternoon at the Institute of…
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We are delighted to announce the first KIŠIB Conference, to be held from 22–24 July 2026 at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. Under the theme “Why sealing? From sealed clay to social interaction in ancient West Asia”, this three-day conference brings together leading scholars to explore the analytical potential of sealed…
This blog post introduces the ancient West Asian seals and sealings of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. While some objects have been published before, large parts of the collection are only now being systematically documented and analysed. Recent work, collaborations, and scientific methods open the way for a comprehensive study and presentation…
On August 13, the KIŠIB team joined colleagues at the Free University of Berlin to explore ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seals in a very hands-on way: by rolling them out on modeling clay and creating a new series of impressions. Rolling Seals, Ancient Practice Revisited It was a quiet but focused afternoon at the Institute of…