Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal

Currently not on view

Cylinder seal,

ca. 2000 BCE

Mesopotamian
Neo-Sumerian
y1956-82

Information

Title
Cylinder seal
Dates

ca. 2000 BCE

Medium
Lapis lazuli
Dimensions
l. 1.2 cm, diam. 0.6 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Object Number
y1956-82
Place Made

Iraq

Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Neo-Sumerian
Type
cylinder seals
Materials
lapis lazuli
Subject
trees, figures (representations)

Excavated from Nippur (surface find); given to the Museum by the American Schools of Oriental Research (now American Society of Overseas Research, ASOR) in 1956.

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