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Stamp seal

Near Eastern, Levantine, Syrian
Neo-Assyrian, reign of Ashurnasirpal
883–859 B.C.
Object Place: Syria

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions Legacy dimension: Length: .013 W. .01
Credit Line Marriner Memorial Syrian Expedition
Accession Number49.109
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionFrom Tell Fakhariyah. Stamp-seal of white frit: lion(?) surrounded by branches and a frame.
ProvenanceFrom Tell Fakhariyah, Sounding IX, outside of Iron Age Palace at level of Floor 3; 1940: excavated by the Marriner Memorial Expedition in Tell Fakhariyah; by 1949: with the Marriner Memorial Expedition; 1949: given to the MFA by the Marriner Memorial Syrian Expedition.