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Cylinder seal

Place of production Babylon, Mesopotamia
Date about 2000–1500 BC
Object type intaglio and similar objects, scarab, scaraboid, seal
Medium, technique goethite/limonite
Dimensions

23 × 11 mm

Inventory number 51.2386
Collection Egyptian Art
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian chamber of secrets

Presentation scene

References

Komoróczy, Géza, “Cinq cylinders-sceaux de la Mésopotamie archaïque/Öt korai mezopotámiai pecséthenger”, Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts/A Szépművészeti Múzeum Közleményei 19 (1961), p. 3-18, 97-107, fig. 12-13.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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