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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Elamite
Proto-Elamite
3100–2900 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Black basalt
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 24 mm (33 with loop) x 20
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1424
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionContemporary with Uruk III - Jemdet Nasr periods in Mesopotamia. Drilled technique. Three ibexes march in file toward left. Rosettes in field above and below.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)