Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-5250
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
46 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: coral, with fishes in three registers caught in nets. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 25 x 12 mm. Three columns of superimposed fish; each column divided by a ladder design. Pink marble]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Pink marble
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 millimeters and length 25 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5250, described as Cylinder seal: coral, with fishes in three registers caught in nets. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 25 x 12 mm. Three columns of superimposed fish; each column divided by a ladder design. Pink marble]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5250, described as Cylinder seal: coral, with fishes in three registers caught in nets. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 25 x 12 mm. Three columns of superimposed fish; each column divided by a ladder design. Pink marble]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5250, described as Cylinder seal: coral, with fishes in three registers caught in nets. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 25 x 12 mm. Three columns of superimposed fish; each column divided by a ladder design. Pink marble]

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