Black Chlorite Cylinder Seal

Black Chlorite Cylinder Seal

Description:

Cylinder-seal in black chlorite with some scratches and pitting on the surface. The seal is engraved with a winged human figure, possibly a deity flanked by a recumbent wild goat and a walking griffin; above are a crescent, four raised dots and a tendril.


Dimensions: Diameter: 4 millimetres bore ; Diameter: 11.50 millimetres; Length: 23 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1300 - 1150 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.35