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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cylinder Seal with Presentation to the Weathergod
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cylinder Seal with Presentation to the Weathergod

AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functioncylinder seals
Place CreatedAsia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian Period
Date2000-1600 BCE
MediumHematite
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Dimensions3/8 x 13/16 in. (1 x 2.1 cm)
Object number1985.022.003
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook. Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum (1996): 34.
ProvenanceSaid to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art