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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Elamite
Neo-Elamite
800–500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
White chalcedony
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 27 mm x 12.5
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1430
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Elamite modeled Style. Bearded hero with naked torso and kilt holding two flanking ibexes with backturned heads by the horn at right and by the ear at left. Star in field behind each ibex.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)