Hematite Cylinder Seal

Hematite Cylinder Seal

Description:

Hematite cylinder seal; hole drilled through long axis; engraved with four figures, one is a man leading a long-horned, goat-headed monster holding a sickle and grasping the tail of a rampant lion to his front, in front of the lion is a man with lowered arms, in the lower field surrounding the lion are a bucranium and a ball-staff; ground and polished.


Dimensions: Diameter: 1 centimetres; Height: 2.40 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved; drilled; ground; polished

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.743