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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Iranian, Elamite
Neo-Elamite (?)
800–500 B.C.

Medium/Technique Carnelian
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 14 mm x 7.5
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1444
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionKneeling bearded hero with bow and quiver grasping small bull at lower right, larger bull flees at upper left.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)