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Cylinder seal

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Cylinder seal

Period:: Akkadian
Date:: ca. 2350–2150 B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia
Culture:: Akkadian
Medium:: Steatite (?), black
Dimensions:: 0.81 in. (2.06 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Gift of Frederic Newlin Price, 1959
Accession Number:: 59.209.5

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Formerly collection of Arthur B. Davies (until d. 1928); 1928–1959, Frederic Newlin Price (Ferargil Galleries, New York) who handled the Estate of Arthur B. Davies; acquired by the Museum in 1959, gift of Frederic Newlin Price, New York.
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Who
Akkadian (46)
What
Stone (7,986)

Seals (2,929)

Talc (2,040)

Steatite (2,030)

Cylinder seals (832)
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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