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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Hero restraining sphinx and mountain goat

between 750 B.C. and 612 B.C.
colorless chalcedony ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 31
Description
1 cylinder seal : colorless chalcedony ; 25 x 12.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon in the thirties or forties by Robert F. Kelley
Notes
Recut in modern times.
Summary
Hero restraining sphinx and mountain goat.
Classification
Department