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Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot jewelry
Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1050 BC. British Museum, 1900,0615.55.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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

Classification

Object type
Seal
Decoration
Carved
Motifs
Tree and sacred tree, Sphinx and griffin, Lion, Goat, deer and ibex
Material
MetalGold
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1450 - 1050 BC
Findspot
Enkomi

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Accession No.

1900,0615.55

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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