Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Iranian?, Sumerian?

Early Dynastic Period

2900–2334 B.C.

Object Place: Iran?

Medium/Technique Shell

Dimensions Legacy dimension: 26.9 mm x 14.6 (13.7)

Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer

Accession Number65.1410

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionEagle with spread wings, star above, two kneeling ibexes flanking tree, crescent above.

Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)