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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Levantine/Cypriot
Period of International Exchanges
1500–1350 B.C.
Object Place: North Syrian
Medium/Technique
Hematite, intaglio
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.02 Length:
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.703
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionBearded, draped figure, running, and holding a winged lion and a winged sphinx by the tails. On the other side a nude female figure, holding a twig in one hand and an ibex in the other. S.L. 11.
ProvenanceBy 1897: Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 249; 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898