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Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: pharaoh wearing Double Crown, kneeling figures below vultures holding shn symbols; ankh
Period: Old Syrian
Date: ca. 1720–1650 BCE
Geography: Syria
Medium: Hematite
Dimensions: 0.73 x 0.39 in. (1.85 x 0.99 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of The Right Reverend Paul Moore Jr., 1985
Object Number: 1985.357.16
"Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 17, 2008–March 15, 2009.
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