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Cylinder seal

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Cylinder seal

Period:: Akkadian
Date:: ca. 2350–2250 B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia
Culture:: Akkadian
Medium:: Serpentine, black
Dimensions:: 1.36 in. (3.45 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number:: 30.95.348

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Provenance

Formerly collection of Theodore M. Davis (until d. 1915); acquired by the Museum in 1915, bequest of Theodore M. Davis; accessioned in 1930.
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Who
Akkadian (46)
What
Stone (7,986)

Seals (2,929)

Cylinder seals (832)

Serpentine (281)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Iraq (2,493)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,170)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mesopotamia, 8000–2000 B.C.

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