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Inscribed cylinder

600 B.C.
Object PlaceBabylon
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H. .101 D. .054
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number46.1137
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy 1946: with Mrs. Herbert D. Ward, Wellesley; 1948: purchased by the MFA from Mrs. Herbert D. Ward.*

(Accession date: November 14, 1946)

* Three objects, 46.1136-1138, were purchased as a group for $50.
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14th–12th century B.C., 1399–1100 B.C.
Seal
about 750–333 B.C.
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2323–2040 B.C.
Cylinder seal
1500–1350 B.C.
Cylinder seal
1500–1350 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.