Late Bronze Age II

Serpentinite Cylinder Seal

Cylinder seal; possibly serpentinite; possibly engraved with running spirals in centre splitting decoration into upper and lower bands; each band possibly decorated with two pairs facing long-horn goats; caps of hammered gold sheet with soldered suspension rings at either end, one loose; caps decorated with three lines of soldered gold wire, two of which are twisted; hole drilled through long axis; surface very worn and "possibly burnt". Dimensions: Diameter: 1.40 centimetres mount ; Diameter: 1.20 centimetres seal ; Length: 3.20 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: twisted; drilled; engraved; hammered; soldered