Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure

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Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure,

9th century BCE

Mesopotamian
Neo Assyrian
y1970-52

Information

Title
Cylinder seal: Attendant before seated figure
Dates

9th century BCE

Medium
Mottled brownish black serpentine
Dimensions
l. 2.6 cm., diam. 1.1 cm. (1 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck, Gift of Joseph Van Vleck Jr., Class of 1923
Object Number
y1970-52
Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Late Assyrian
Type
cylinder seals, stamping (marking)
Subject
figures (representations)

From the collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck; acquired by Mrs. Van Vleck at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1970 by Joseph Van Vleck, Jr., Class of 1923, in memory of his wife.

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