Cylinder seal

ca. late 2nd millennium BCE

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Title: Cylinder seal
Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. late 2nd millennium BCE
Geography: Levant
Medium: Copper alloy (leaded bronze)
Dimensions: H. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm); Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Object Number: 1999.325.196
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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