1993.202: Cylinder Seal: Figure Holding a Cup
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.202
- Title
- Cylinder Seal: Figure Holding a Cup
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- c. 900-700 BCE
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Near Eastern
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293356
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Serpentine; large chip along lower edge
- Dimensions
- 3.7 x 1.3 cm (1 7/16 x 1/2 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
- 1993.202
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Figure holding a cup sits before a stand with vessel upon it and an attendant holding a fan and a stole; sky: star, crescent; lower and upper border of chevrons pointing in opposite directions.
Verification Level
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