1957.200: Cylinder Seal: Horned Animal Attacked by a Bird-griffin
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1957.200
- Title
- Cylinder Seal: Horned Animal Attacked by a Bird-griffin
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- c. 883-612 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Neo-Assyrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291216
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Quartz
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- H. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
- Accession Year
- 1957
- Object Number
- 1957.200
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A bird-griffin attacks a horned animal; star and crescent moon above
Exhibition History
- [Teaching Exhibition], Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 11/01/1972 - 01/01/1973
- Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Verification Level
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