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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Rock crystal
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .28 x .11
Credit Line
Archibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession Number34.1440
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionContest scene. A bearded hero in a long mantle holds a bull or unicorn by one foreleg and menaces it with a sickle sword. Between them appears a plant or tree design. In the field is an eight-pointed star.
ProvenanceBy 1934: R. S. Cooke Collection, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England; 1934: purchased by the MFA from Mr. Cooke.*
(Accession date: December 6, 1934)
*Seventeen seals, numbered 34.1440-34.1456 were purchased as a group for $6000.
(Accession date: December 6, 1934)
*Seventeen seals, numbered 34.1440-34.1456 were purchased as a group for $6000.