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Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal

Cylinder seal

2900–2334 B.C.
Object PlaceSumeria
Medium/TechniqueSerpentine
Dimensions.27 x .14 mm.
Credit LineArchibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession number34.1450
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy 1934: R. S. Cooke Collection, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England; 1934: purchased by the MFA from Mr. Cooke.*
(Accession date: December 6, 1934)

*Seventeen seals, numbered 34.1440-34.1456 were purchased as a group for $6000.
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