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Seated griffin

[ca. 1350 to 1250 B.C.]
soft black stone ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KS 36
Description
1 stamp seal : soft black stone ; 28 x 20 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired in the thirties or forties by Robert F. Kelley.
Notes
Late Bronze Age tabloid, perhaps from Palestine or Cyprus.
Lines on the sides cut in the Hellenistic period because they are identical with those of tabloids of that age.
Summary
On one side seated griffin is preserved --On other side, only three large drillings remain of the design.
Classification
Department