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Stamp seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Babylon
Medium/Technique
Agate
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .26 x .15 mm.
Credit Line
Archibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession Number34.1453
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionDuck-shaped stamp seal or weight. A goat-fish (suhurmashu), the constellation Capricorn. Crescent above its back.
ProvenanceBy 1934: R. S. Cooke Collection, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England; 1934: purchased by the MFA from Mr. Cooke.*
(Accession date: December 6, 1934)
*Seventeen seals, numbered 34.1440-34.1456 were purchased as a group for $6000.
(Accession date: December 6, 1934)
*Seventeen seals, numbered 34.1440-34.1456 were purchased as a group for $6000.