between 2100 B.C. and 2000 B.C.
soft black stone ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 4
Description
1 cylinder seal : soft black stone ; 31 x 15.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Robert F. Kelley in the 1930's and 1940's from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon
Notes
"A deity is enthroned in the left part of the scene instead of on the right side, the place of honor in Mesopotamian compositions of that period. Therefore the cylinder should probably be classified as a provincial product."--PML Fellows Report, 1973 to 1977, p. 375
Summary
Enthroned deity.
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