between 2000 B.C. and 1700 B.C.
hematite ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 7
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 26 x 14 mm
Provenance
Bought in Damascus by Robert F. Kelley
Notes
"Two dancers with a bird are an unusual motif which seems to have been carved over an erased inscription."--Pierpont Morgan Library, Report to the Fellows, 1973 to 1977, p. 375
Summary
Sacrificial animal brought by a king to the sun god who places his foot on a human-headed bull --Two dancers with a bird.
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