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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Object Place: Assyria
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Overall: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.651
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionFour-winged genius or god wearing crown with one foot on an antelope, holding crook with one hand and grasping foreleg of winged sphinx with other (Ninurta versus Anzu?). Crescent, star, and symbols of Marduk (spade) and Nabu (stylus) in field. B.B.295.2.
ProvenanceBy 1925: Edward Perry Warren collection (bought in Paris); October 28, 1925: lent to the MFA by Edward Perry Warren; 1927: purchased by the MFA from Edward Perry Warren.
(Accession Date: November 17, 1927)
(Accession Date: November 17, 1927)