between 2000 B.C. and 1700 B.C.
hematite ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 10
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 26.5 x 14.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Robert F. Kelley from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon in the thirties and forties
Notes
"The gesture of the worshiper's hands resembles Elamite (SW Iranian) representations and the cylinder may have been made in that area."--Pierpont Morgan Library, Report to the Fellows, 1973 to 1977, p. 376
Summary
A suppliant goddess and a worshiper stand before an unidentified deity --Inscription.
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