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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian
Mitannian
1500–1350 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Faience, glaze
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionMitannian Common Style. Two male figures with round caps flank "sacred tree." Two confronted heraldic ibexes, turned vertically with dotted twist design above and below.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)