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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Levantine, Syrian
Period of International Exchanges
1500–1350 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Probably North Syrian
Medium/Technique
Hematite
Dimensions
Overall: Length 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.702
CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionTo left, goddess with raised hands, facing a male figure wearing skull-cap and turban (king?). The rest of the circumference divided in three horizontal bands. Top, two sphinxes; middle, guilloche; bottom, two lions, one holding a dead stag. S.L.10.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Count Micheł Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8-10, 1898, Tyszkiewicz sale, Paul Chevallier, Paris, lot 248. 1898, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928) to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1898)