Cylinder Seal
| Object Number: | B14509 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Iraq |
| Period: | Archaic |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Basalt |
| Iconography: | Animals |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | PBS XIV: 56 - Other Number 1416 - Sommerville Gem Number 29-128-1416 - Old Museum Number P269475 - CDLI Number |
Description
PBS XIV: three registers of animals. 1. bulls, crouched antelopes, scorpion, star, and group of stars. 2. lions and star. 3. crouched antelope, flying bird and stars. Cyl. seal. basalt, 67 x 16 1/2 mm. MS. Coll.
CBS Register: seal cylinder. black basalt. Archaic (Elam?)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Legrain, Leon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians.. The University Museum, Publications of the Babylonian Section. Vol. XIV. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #1416, plate 38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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