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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Gray faience with green glaze
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 24 mm. x 9.5
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1510
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionNeo-Assyrian Linear Style. Two highly stylized opposed birds.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)