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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Brown-black stone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 31.8 mm x 11.2
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1372
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionNeo-Assyrian Linear Style. Archer, probably King, to right aims at winged scorpion griffin. Plant or tree on ground between them.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)