Stamp seal (rounded triangular base with loop handle) with anthropomorphic figure and animals
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Title: Stamp seal (rounded triangular base with loop handle) with anthropomorphic figure and animals
Period: Iron Age II
Date: ca. 9th–7th century BCE
Geography: Northern Syria or southeastern Anatolia
Culture: Syro-Anatolian
Medium: Steatite, black
Dimensions:
Seal Face: 2.87 x 2.39 cm
Height: 1.64 cm
String Hole: 0.5 cm
Credit Line: Purchase, 1899
Accession Number: 99.22.16
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