ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Cylinder Seal
Place CreatedSyria, Asia
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Date2900-2350 BCE
MediumSteatite
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Dimensions1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (1.3 x 3.1 cm)
Object number1985.022.013
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012
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 viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
2000-1600 BCE
late 3rd Millennium BCE
3000-2800 BCE
2900-2350 BCE
2900-2350 BCE
late 2nd Millennium BCE
1600-1200 BCE
1600-1200 BCE
1600-1200 BCE
1600-1200 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
