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Title: Stamp seal (grooved circular base with loop handle) with cultic scene
Period: Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian
Date: 7th–6th century BCE
Geography: Northern Syria or southeastern Anatolia
Culture: Assyro-Babylonian
Medium: Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions:
Seal Face; 2.18 x 2.5 cm
Height: 2.28 cm
Credit Line: Purchase, 1899
Accession Number: 99.22.44
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