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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Chalcedony
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 30.5 mm x 13
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1364
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionNeo-Babylonian drilled style. Contest scene. Bearded "hero" grasps two flanking winged sphinxes with backturned heads.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)