Cylinder seal: archers
Cylinder seal: archers

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Cylinder seal: archers,

ca. 1000–600 BCE

Mesopotamian
Neo Assyrian
2019-377

Information

Title
Cylinder seal: archers
Dates

ca. 1000–600 BCE

Medium
Orange carnelian
Dimensions
h. 2 × diam. 1.1 cm (13/16 × 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James B. Moses, Class of 1988, in memory of Henry Clay Moses, Class of 1938
Object Number
2019-377
Place Collected

Asia, Iraq or Syria

Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Late Assyrian
Type
cylinder seals
Materials
carnelian
Subject
mythical or legendary beings, figures (representations), suns

Given to the Museum in 2019 by B. James Moses

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