Seal

Museum number:
9-16973
Permalink:
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Description:
Cylinder seal; single incised line around top and bottom; three-circle guilloches at top; tree with drilled branch tips; two standing figures with long fringed garments; two possible bulls with crossed tails sit rum to rump with heads turned backwards. The men face the tree. Longitudinal drill hole. Frit or white stone. Elamite or Mitanni. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 1.1 cm.
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Culture or time period:
Elamite and Mitanni (1500–1300 BC)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16973, described as Cylinder seal; single incised line around top and bottom; three-circle guilloches at top; tree with drilled branch tips; two standing figures with long fringed garments; two possible bulls with crossed tails sit rum to rump with heads turned backwards. The men face the tree. Longitudinal drill hole. Frit or white stone. Elamite or Mitanni. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 1.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16973, described as Cylinder seal; single incised line around top and bottom; three-circle guilloches at top; tree with drilled branch tips; two standing figures with long fringed garments; two possible bulls with crossed tails sit rum to rump with heads turned backwards. The men face the tree. Longitudinal drill hole. Frit or white stone. Elamite or Mitanni. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 1.1 cm.

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