Black Chlorite Cylinder Seal - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Black Chlorite Cylinder Seal

Cylinder-seal in black chlorite with some scratches and pitting on the surface. The seal is engraved with a winged human figure, possibly a deity flanked by a recumbent wild goat and a walking griffin; above are a crescent, four raised dots and a tendril. Dimensions: Diameter: 4 millimetres bore ; Diameter: 11.50 millimetres; Length: 23 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved

Date

1300 - 1150 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.35

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia