1993.203: Cylinder Seal: Banquet Scene
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.203
- Title
- Cylinder Seal: Banquet Scene
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- c. 883-612 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Mesopotamian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293334
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Serpentine; chip on lower edge
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 1.1 cm (1 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Marcopoli collection, Aleppo, (by 1984). McLendon collection, (by 1993), sold; [through Christie's, New York, June 14, 1993, lot 265], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- 1993.203
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Seated king in a fringed robe holding a cup, facing a vessel stand and a beardless attendant with a flag-shaped fan; tree, star, and crescent.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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