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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.50
Title
Cylinder Seal: Bull and Winged Gate
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
2334-2193 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
Period
Akkadian period
Culture
Near Eastern
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291447

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black steatite or serpentine
Dimensions
H: 2.8cm; Diam. 1.5cm

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward Waters
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.50
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A semi-couchant bull with a "winged gate," followed by three standing figures: the front figure reaches out one hand to hold the gate; the figure behind him stands with hands clasped; the tallest figure at the back stretches out both arms and grasps one wing of the gate and one horn of the bull.

Exhibition History

  • [Teaching Exhibition], Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 11/01/1972 - 01/01/1973

Verification Level

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