Cylinder Seal
B1828
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1828 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Date Made | ca. 1600-1400 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in chalcedony PBS XIV: Animal scene in the Elamite style. There are four crouched antelopes or ibexes in the upper register, four walking animals below, a rope pattern or guilloche between - a symbol of enclosure - two border lines and a third between the registers. Concave cyl. seal, roughly cut with wheel, burr and tubular tool. Chalcedony, 39 1/2 x 15 mm |
| Length | 4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 622 - Other Number | W.H. Ward no. 1035 - Other Number |
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