Plancheite Cylinder Seal - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Plancheite Cylinder Seal

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

Date

1550 - 1400 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.41

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi