Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities

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Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities

Mesopotamian
Post Ur III - possibly Old Babylonian style
y1970-47

Information

Title
Cylinder Seal: Bird-headed figure standing between two seated deities
Medium
Cream-colored stone
Dimensions
l. 3.1 cm., diam. 1.9 cm. (1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck, Gift of Joseph Van Vleck Jr., Class of 1923
Object Number
y1970-47
Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Third Dynasty of Ur, Old Babylonian
Type
cylinder seals
Subject
men, birds, 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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