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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Assyria
Medium/Technique
Bluish chalcedony
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .20 x .9 mm.
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number36.205
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Babylonian Early Cut Style. The spear symbol of Marduk decorated with ribbons; a sacred tree surmounted by a winged disk; an eight-pointed star above a rhomb; a bird and above its back a staff supporting seemingly a double crescent. At top and bottom single lines form a border.
Provenance1936: Purchased by the MFA through Prof. Robert A. Pfeiffer.*
(Accession date: April 2, 1936)
*40 seals, 36.177-36.216, were purchased as a group for $500.
(Accession date: April 2, 1936)
*40 seals, 36.177-36.216, were purchased as a group for $500.