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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Levantine, Syrian
Middle-Late Bronze Age
1800–1300 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Hematite
Dimensions
Overall: Length 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.353
CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPrincipal group at right: a seated goddess with horned headdress and holding crook between two standing figures, female at left and male with shaven head at right. In the field to right a vulture and scorpion. In the field to left orb inscribed in crescent and mongoose. Group at left: small figures in three horizontal bands. Top band, two confronted winged sphinxes; middle, swirl pattern; bottom two naked "heroes" (Lahmu's?) flanking star and flask at center. S.L. 114.
Provenance1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928) to the MFA.