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Stamp Sealabout 2nd millennium B.C.

Not on view
Small ancient stone seal with rounded square form, carved face showing raised relief figures of animals in dark gray-brown stone
Small bronze seal with rounded square form, bearing a raised relief of two animals — a feline and a horned bovine facing each other — with areas of green patination and surface wear.

Unknown, Stamp Seal, about 2nd millennium B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Stamp Seal
Place Made
Iran, Bactria or Mesopotamia
Date Made
about 2nd millennium B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Width: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Length: 7/8 in. (2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.571
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.