Seal

Museum number:
9-5239
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005239
Alternate number:
33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: long grayish yellow, guilloche with double diameters. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Minor damage and losses. 37 x 12 mm. Lozenges outlined by oblique parallel lines, short horizontal lines. Fine grained stone, possibly chert, yellowish gray with black edges. Jemdet Nasr]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Chert
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 37 millimeters, width 11.5 millimeters, length 37 millimeters, and width 12 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5239, described as Cylinder seal: long grayish yellow, guilloche with double diameters. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Minor damage and losses. 37 x 12 mm. Lozenges outlined by oblique parallel lines, short horizontal lines. Fine grained stone, possibly chert, yellowish gray with black edges. Jemdet Nasr]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5239, described as Cylinder seal: long grayish yellow, guilloche with double diameters. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Minor damage and losses. 37 x 12 mm. Lozenges outlined by oblique parallel lines, short horizontal lines. Fine grained stone, possibly chert, yellowish gray with black edges. Jemdet Nasr]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5239, described as Cylinder seal: long grayish yellow, guilloche with double diameters. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Minor damage and losses. 37 x 12 mm. Lozenges outlined by oblique parallel lines, short horizontal lines. Fine grained stone, possibly chert, yellowish gray with black edges. Jemdet Nasr]

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