Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Cylinder seal and modern impression with an enthroned figure and a kneeling bull supporting a winged gate
Medium:
Dolomite
Location:
Probably Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq
Dimensions:
Seal: H. 3.2 cm; Diam. 1.8 cm
Date:
Akkadian Period, ca. 2334–2154 BCE
Inventory Number:
Morgan Seal 233
Lender:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York