2000.194.21: Cylinder Seal with Archer and Animal
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.194.21
- Title
- Cylinder Seal with Archer and Animal
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- 883-612 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Neo-Assyrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/169306
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Chalcedony
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 0.9 cm (11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.546] to Harvard University Art Museums.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr. and Purchase through the generosity of Sol Rabin and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.194.21
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- WInged, bearded demon or hero in a long robe with bow and arrow shoots at mythical creatures fleeing from him. Star is in terminal field.
Verification Level
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