Cylinder seal with hunting scene

1960, excavated under the direction of Robert H. Dyson Jr. on behalf of the Hasanlu Project sponsored by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Archaeological Service of Iran, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired by the Museum in 1961, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations.

Dyson, Robert H., and Mary V. Harris. 1986. "The archaeological context of cylinder seals excavated on the Iranian plateau." In Insight through images, Studies in Honor of Edith Porada, edited by Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 21. Malibu: Undena Publications, no. 53, p. 91.

Marcus, Michelle. 1990. "Center, Province, and Periphery: A New Paradigm from Iron Age Iran." Art History 13, p. 136, fig. 4.

Marcus, Michelle. 1990. “Managing Goods and Marking Status: the Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran.” In Aegean Seals, Sealings, and Administration (Aegaeum 5). U. Texas at Austin Conference, edited by Thomas G. Palaima. Liège: Université de Liège, p. 186, pl. XXXIIIa.

Marcus, Michelle I. 1996. Emblems of Identity and Prestige: The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran. Hasanlu Special Studies III. University Museum Monograph 84. Philadelphia: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, no. 67, pp. 120-121, fig. 89, pl. 21.