ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Conoid Stamp Seal: on the Base, a Long-Necked Animal Reclining before a Censer and a Staff (?), on One Side, a Worshipper Carrying a Small Offering, the Moon Above
Place CreatedIraq, Asia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian Period
Date800-600 BCE
MediumChalcedony (var. Chert)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Object number2008.030.005
ProvenanceEx private collection, German professor, until 1988. Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, purchased from Munzzentrum, Heinz W. Muller, Solingen, Germany, 1988.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
late 7th-mid 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
10th-late 4th Century BCE
