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Cylinder seal: ANE.2.1967

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

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.

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.021 m
Width: 0.01 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1967) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Mitannian
Circa -1500 - -1301

Materials used in production

Glazed frit

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.2.1967
Primary reference Number: 89011
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.2.1967
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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