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Cylinder seal with a continuous frieze featuring a guilloche pattern in the top register and birds’ heads in the lower register. Thought to be of Mitannian origin.
Length: 0.021 m
Width: 0.01 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1967) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Mitannian
Circa
-1500
-
-1301
Accession number: ANE.2.1967
Primary reference Number: 89011
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.2.1967
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/89011 Accessed: 2024-12-23 11:53:42
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