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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian
Mittanian
1500–1350 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Hematite
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 22.8 mm x 9.4
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1529
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionDrilled technique. Two male figures flank rosette standard. To their right, lion demon (ugallu) with upraised dagger threatens another male figure.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)