2000.194.24: Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.194.24
- Title
- Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- 883-612 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Neo-Assyrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/169308
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Chalcedony
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 1.1 cm (3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.546] to Harvard University Art Museums.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr. and Purchase through the generosity of Sol Rabin and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.194.24
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A bearded worshipper in a long robe stands to the side of a stylized tree; a winged disc appears above the tree with a bust of the god Ashur. To the side is a winged mythical creature with a bearded human head, and a winged, bearded demon in a long, open-front robe. Star, crescent, and two intertwined snakes (?) are in terminal field.
Verification Level
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