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Cylinder seal

2900–2334 B.C.
Object PlaceJemdet Nasr, Sumer
Medium/TechniqueLapis lazuli
DimensionsLength: 0.038
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number34.191
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy 1934: R.S. Cooke collection, Harrow Hill, Middlesex, England; 1934: purchased by the MFA from R.S. Cooke.*
(Accession date: June 7, 1934)

* Eighteen seals, 34.191-34.208, were purchased as a group for £201.
Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Lapis-lazuli
1550–1070 B.C.
Amulet of Maat
959–332 B.C.
Group shot:  47.1699, 47.1700, 47.1701
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 47.1700, 52.1837
2575–2528 B.C.
Bracelet fragments
2625–2500 B.C.
Horus falcon
525–404 B.C., or later