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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Milky chalcedony
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 23 mm x ..
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1370
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionTwo confronted winged sphinxes with crescent and star above, and plant below.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)