Hematite Cylinder Seal - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Hematite Cylinder Seal

Hematite cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; engraved with four figures, one is a man leading a long-horned, goat-headed monster holding a sickle and grasping the tail of a rampant lion to his front, in front of the lion is a man with lowered arms, in the lower field surrounding the lion are a bucranium and a ball-staff; ground and polished. Dimensions: Diameter: 1 centimetres; Height: 2.40 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved; drilled; ground; polished

Date

1340 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.743

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi