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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
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
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)