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Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade

Unknown Artist

ca. 3500–3100 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade by Unknown Artist

Medium

Bituminous limestone

Dimensions

1 9/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (4 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm)

Classification

Stone-Cylinder Seals

Period

Late Uruk

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1983

Accession Number

1983.314.1

Rights

Public Domain

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