ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Conoid Stamp Seal with Two Highly Abstracted Standing Figures before a Column Surmounted by a Radiant Sun/Star (?)
CultureBabylonian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian Empire
Date612-539 BCE
MediumGrey chalcedony
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions15/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. (2.4 x 2.1 x 2.9 cm)
Object number2012.032.104
ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, purchased from Pars Coins, San Jose, California, October 27, 2002.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
late 7th-mid 6th Century BCE
ca. 500 BCE
10th-late 4th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE