Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal

Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal

Description:

Copper sulphide cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; engraved with griffin, lion, ibex and bird around sacred tree; at either end is a gold cap decorated with raised beading and a soldered suspension ring; cylinder corroded but conserved.


Dimensions: Diameter: 1.10 centimetres mount ; Diameter: 1 centimetres seal ; Length: 3.10 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved; drilled; soldered

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1900,0615.55