Late Bronze Age II
Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; gold caps with convex outer face and soldered suspension ring at either end; engraved with two scenes of a deity and a worshipper, a male deity holds a sword with a bucranium in the field above, a female deity is next to a tree with a bird above; the seal is old Babylonian but four characters in the Cypro-Minoan script were added on Cyprus. Dimensions: Diameter: 1.20 centimetres cap ; Diameter: 0.95 centimetres cylinder ; Length: 3.05 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved; drilled; soldered Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription position: four signs down one side Inscription script: Cypro-Minoan
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Accession No.
1897,0401.744
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Enkomi
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