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Button seal
Button seal

Button seal

2100–2061 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSerpentine
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 1.1 x 2 cm (7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1265
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
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