Cylinder seal and modern impression: male and griffin demon slaying animal; terminal: animal attack scenes, guilloche
Unknown artist
Date: 2nd millennium BCE
Medium: Hematite
Dimensions: H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Culture: Mitanni
Period: Mitanni
Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Date range
-2000 – -1000
Largest dimension
2.0 cm
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