between 2000 B.C. and 1700 B.C.
hematite ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 5
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 24 x 13 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Robert F. Kelley in the 1930's and 1940's from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon
Notes
"Signs of the inscription naming the sun god and his consort flank the figure of a nude bearded hero in an unusual arrangement." . PML Fellows Report, 197 , p. 375
Summary
Worship of an enthroned king or god.
Catalog link
Classification
Department