Late Bronze Age II
Haematite Cylinder Seal
Haematite cylinder seal with engraved figures; perforated for suspension; very polished surface; broken at one end; engraved with a star-shaped object above an animal, a stylised sacred tree and a seated animal with lion-like features; ingot in the field above the latter; some traces of possible cuneiform signs which have been worked over at a later period. Dimensions: Diameter: 0.40 centimetres bore ; Diameter: 1 centimetres; Length: 2.20 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved; polished; perforated
Date
1300 - 1150 BC
Accession No.
1899,1229.36
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Klavdia
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