Seal

Museum number:
9-16971
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016971
Description:
Cylinder seal; carving with drill-work; two goats/deer couchant looking back over their shoulders; tree with drill holes in between. Sphere suspended behind one animal's head. Large drill hole for suspension. Single incised line at top and bottom. Mitanni influence in tree and use of drill. Possibly Middle Elamite, 2nd millennium BC. Length 2.1 cm; diameter 1 cm.
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Culture or time period:
Middle Elamite (ca. 1300–1100 BC)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16971, described as Cylinder seal; carving with drill-work; two goats/deer couchant looking back over their shoulders; tree with drill holes in between. Sphere suspended behind one animal's head. Large drill hole for suspension. Single incised line at top and bottom. Mitanni influence in tree and use of drill. Possibly Middle Elamite, 2nd millennium BC. Length 2.1 cm; diameter 1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16971, described as Cylinder seal; carving with drill-work; two goats/deer couchant looking back over their shoulders; tree with drill holes in between. Sphere suspended behind one animal's head. Large drill hole for suspension. Single incised line at top and bottom. Mitanni influence in tree and use of drill. Possibly Middle Elamite, 2nd millennium BC. Length 2.1 cm; diameter 1 cm.

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