Cylinder Seal with Fantastic Creature, Stag, and Pleiades Star Formation
Artist
Anonymous (Sumerian)
(Sumerian)
Artist
Anonymous (Iraqi)
(Iraqi)
Datec. 883–612 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian Period
Period1st millennium BCE; Neo-Assyrian period
Mediumblack steatite
DimensionsObject size: 1 1/8 × diameter 1/2 inches
Credit LineGift of Barbara P. and Robert P. ’64 Youngman
Object number2009.012.10
Curatorial DepartmentAncient Western Art
_Place of OriginIraq
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 883–612 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian period, “Flat Style”
Object number: 2009.012.08
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 224–651 CE, Sasanian dynasty
Object number: 2009.012.18
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 3100–2900 B.C.E., Jemdet Nasr Period
Object number: 2009.012.03
Anonymous (Iranian)
c. 550–331 B.C.E., Archaemenid period
Object number: 2009.012.11
Anonymous (Iranian)
c. 550–331 B.C.E., Archaemenid period
Object number: 2009.012.12
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 1894–1594 B.C.E., Old Babylonian Period
Object number: 2009.012.07
