Cylinder Seal
64-11-20
From: Iraq | Rimah
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 64-11-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Syrian (uncertain) | Mitannian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Iraq | Rimah |
| Archaeology Area | Site C, level 1, about 50 cm below surface. |
| Period | Rimah I |
| Date Made | 1950-1000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Steatite |
| Iconography | Eagle | Monster |
| Description | black, broken in half longitudinally. above: row of concentric circles. below: miniature eagle-headed, winged figure; feline tail and wing tip of some seated monster. concentric circles suggest Mitannian style. Black steatite, broken in half longitudinally; above: row of concentric circles; below: minature eagle-headed, winged figured (Note: Position of legs does not resemble the hovering bird motif); below again appears the feline tail and wing tip of some seated monster. Concentric circles suggest Mitannian style. Seal may be Syrian of the latter half of II millennium. |
| Credit Line | Tell al-Rimah Expedition; Theresa Howard Carter, 1964 |
| Other Number | TR3 - Field No SF |
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