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Trilobe plaque seal with stalk handle

early 2nd millennium BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Trilobe plaque seal with stalk handle
  • Period: Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony
  • Date: early 2nd millennium BCE
  • Geography: Anatolia, probably from Kültepe (Karum Kanesh)
  • Culture: Old Assyrian Trading Colony
  • Medium: Steatite
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 2.08 cm
    Seal Face:
    Height: 1.78 cm
    String Hole:
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.31.219
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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