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Collections

Cylinder SealOld Babylonian period, circa 2000-1600 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient cylinder seal in dark gray stone displayed beside its rectangular gray clay impression, showing three robed figures in low relief
Title
Cylinder Seal
Place Made
Iran, Mesopotamia or Syria
Date Made
Old Babylonian period, circa 2000-1600 B.C.
Medium
Hematite
Dimensions
Height: 1 in. (2.4 cm); Diameter: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.373
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Snyder, Joel. "Making Photographs Public." In The "Public" Life of Photographs, edited by Thierry Gervais, 16-37. Toronto: Ryerson Image Centre, 2016.