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Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated figure holding the tail of a griffin

Unknown Artist

ca. 14th century BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated figure holding the tail of a griffin by Unknown Artist

Medium

Black steatite

Dimensions

0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

Classification

Stone-Cylinder Seals

Culture & Period

Cypriot · Late Cypriot II

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number

74.51.4312

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Griffins

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