2000.194.11: Early Dynastic IIIa Seal with Man and Animals
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.194.11
- Title
- Early Dynastic IIIa Seal with Man and Animals
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Culture
- Mesopotamian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/169706
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 2.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.532] 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
- 2000.194.11
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Human figure drives two big, horned quadrupeds, each with a smaller quadruped on its back, to the right. Two more quadrupeds, each with a smaller quadruped on its back, are in terminal field, moving in opposite directions.
Verification Level
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