
Plancheite Cylinder Seal
Description: | Plancheite cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; engraved with two inverted registers of designs separated by a row of dots; in one are two confronted naked kneeling men with a bird between them and another figure offering a gift to a female deity; in the other register are two human-headed confronted sphinxes facing a tree and two elongated quadrupeds (?) crossed diagonally. Dimensions: Diameter: 0.95 centimetres; Length: 2.50 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved; drilled |
Period: | Late Bronze Age I |
Date: | 1550 - 1400 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.41 |