Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 1		 


Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Assyrian
Title:Cylinder seal
Date Made:900-600 BCE
Type:Documentary Artifact
Materials:serpentine
Place Made:from Nineveh?
Measurements:Overall: 1 in x 1/2 in; 2.5 cm x 1.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC SEAL.XX.10
Credit Line:Collection of the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Seal-xx-10.jpg

Description:
Columnar fire altar with triangular base in center; left, single worshipper in fringed robe and bearded at right, deity radiate between figures.

Label Text:
This seal shows a single, bearded worshipper wearing a fringed robe and holding an offering beside a columnar fire altar.

Tags:
ancient; seals; columns; worship; figures; documentation

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=AC+SEAL.XX.10

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

2 Related Media Items

Seal-xx-10.jpg
Seal-xx-10.jpg 		Seal-xx-10.jpg
XX-10.jpg
Viewing Record 1 of 1