Cylinder seal
Unknown artist
Date: ca. early 3rd millennium BCE
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 2.6 cm x Diam. 1.7 cm
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Period: Early Bronze Age
Bequest of Lester Wolfe, 1983
Date range
-3100 – -2700
Largest dimension
2.6 cm
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