Cylinder seal
650–539 B.C.
Object PlaceMesopotamia
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, with two bronze caps; bottom cap, intaglio stamp
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Seal: 26 mm x 13.5 caps and pin 52 mm long
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession number65.1426
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Not on viewClassificationsSeals
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Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)
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