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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Elamite
Jemdet Nasr / Proto-Elamite
3100–2900 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Shell
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 31 mm x 14
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1402
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionBanquet scene, schematized. Two seated figures drinking through "straws" from vessel on table between them. To the side on two levels; ibex above, below two smaller ibexes, all three marching toward right.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)