Scratched Line Cylinder Seal

Scratched Line Cylinder Seal

Description:

Steatite cylinder seal; slightly convex sides and deeply engraved horizontal line around either end; centre section engraved with design of scratched lines, perhaps including a figure with a mace; hole drilled through long axis; ground and polished.


Dimensions: Diameter: 1 centimetres; Length: 2.55 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved; drilled; ground; polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.742