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Cylinder seal with geometric design

2nd–1st millennium BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cylinder seal with geometric design
  • Period: Late Bronze Age
  • Date: 2nd–1st millennium BCE
  • Geography: Iran
  • Culture: Iranian
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: 0.7 in. (1.78 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.314.8
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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