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Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal

Cylinder seal

3000–2300 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSerpentine
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .23 x .12 mm.
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number36.199
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
Provenance1936: Purchased by the MFA through Prof. Robert A. Pfeiffer.*
(Accession date: April 2, 1936)

*40 seals, 36.177-36.216, were purchased as a group for $500.
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