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Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal

Cylinder seal

1894–1595 B.C.
Object PlaceBabylon
Medium/TechniqueDiorite
DimensionsLegacy dimension: 0.029 Length:
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number34.204
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
2334–2154 B.C.
Stamp seal or amulet
about 4000 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Seal
about 750–333 B.C.
Cylinder seal
1500–1350 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2465–2323 B.C.