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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Sealing for Binding on a Box or Bag with Cuneiform Writing and Cylinder Seal Impression
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Sealing for Binding on a Box or Bag with Cuneiform Writing and Cylinder Seal Impression

AAT Object Form/Functionsealing (process)
AAT Object Form/Functioncuneiform
Place CreatedAsia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian Period
Date2000-1600 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1921.148
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001-February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art