Chlorite Cylinder Seal

Chlorite Cylinder Seal

Description:

Chlorite cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; slightly concave profile; engraved with a man attacking a lion with a sword, a large circle with a dot in the centre adjacent to his body may represent a shield; a goat, a horned quadruped's head and a bird are to his rear; raised dots in the field; ground and polished.


Dimensions: Diameter: 1.20 centimetres; Length: 2.10 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved; drilled; ground; polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1550 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.8