Chloritite Cylinder Seal

Chloritite Cylinder Seal

Description:

Iron rich chloritite cylinder seal engraved with a scene of man and woman having sexual intercourse; both their hands end in twigs. On the left is a crouching lion, and in the field are four dots.


Dimensions: Length: 1.80 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1300 - 1150 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.39