Cylinder seal
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 17th–16th century BCE
Medium: Hematite (?)
Dimensions: 1 x 7/8 in. (2.5 x 2.2 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Period: Old Syrian
Gift of Albert Gallatin, 1956
Date range
-1700 – -1500
Largest dimension
2.2 cm
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