Late Bronze Age II

Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal

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