Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Iranian, Elamite

Proto-Elamite

3100–2900 B.C.

Medium/Technique Green composite stone

Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer

Accession Number65.1657

ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionTwo griffins, each grasping a bull in its talons, ibex, Maltese crosses, tree on the mountain.

Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)