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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Unfinished Cylinder Seal
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Unfinished Cylinder Seal

CultureMesopotamian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Date2100-2000 BCE
MediumStone
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions15/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in., 12.2 g (2.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, 7/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.1210
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Glyptique (20 Fevrier 1975), lot 33.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, February 20, 1975, lot 33. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art