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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamia, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Orange carnelian
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 23.2 mm x 12.8
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1358
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionBroken at bottom. Winged, bearded genius at center, facing right, grasps the arm of each of two sphinxes which flank him.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)