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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
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)