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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Levantine, Syrian
Middle-Late Bronze Age
1800–1300 B.C.

Medium/Technique Hematite
Dimensions Overall: Length 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7607
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionMythological contest scene. Two men seizing and attacking a third between them; two smaller men grasping each other around the shoulder. S.L. 568.
ProvenanceBy 1901: Edward Perry Warren Collection; 1901: given to the MFA through contribution.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1901)