1993.187: Cylinder Seal: Bull Facing a Seated Figure
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.187
- Title
- Cylinder Seal: Bull Facing a Seated Figure
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- c. 2350 BCE-2190 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
- Period
- Akkadian period
- Culture
- Mesopotamian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291585
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Alabaster
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- 1993.187
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Bull with winged gate/shrine on its back faces seated figure with outstretched arm, probably a deity; crescent moon above; second figure stands behind bull and holds a rope attached to shrine
Exhibition History
- Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Verification Level
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