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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Orange carnelian
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 20 mm x 10
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1377
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Babylonian modeled Style. Winged, crowned centaur with scorpion tail shooting arrow at lion-demon griffin with long upright ears who attacks a sphinx. Crescent and crouching mongoose in field between sphinx and genius.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)