Late Bronze Age I

Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal

Lapis lazuli cylinder seal; engraved with row of ministrants and inverted animals; also a lion in the attendant position and a sun symbol; engraving shallow and worn; caps of hammered gold with a convex outer face and soldered suspension rings at either end, attached to cylinder by means of a narrow tube of gold sheet inserted into hole; hole drilled through long axis; cylinder damaged at one end and one cap now separate. Dimensions: Diameter: 1 centimetres mount ; Diameter: 0.75 centimetres seal ; Length: 2.70 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved; drilled; soldered; hammered