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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian
Kassite or Middle Assyrian
1595–1157 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Banded agate
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 22 mm x 12
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionTwo registers divided by band of hatching. Bottom much worn. On upper register, plant flanked by two addorsed couchant moufflons; on bottom register tree flanked by two ibexes.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)