cylinder seal

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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,1201.67
Description: Chloritite cylinder seal engraved with two figures probably representing deities; two wild goats standing on rear legs either side of one figure with heads turned outwards.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1400BC-1050BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 22
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 0.90 centimetres; Length: 2.40 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 168); SCE IV/1D / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV. Part 1D. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Other arts and crafts (p.652); Kenna 1971 / Catalogue of the Cypriote Seals of the Bronze Age in the British Museum (84); Joyner et al. 2006 / The materials of the Cypriote Bronze Age cylinder and stamp seals in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, The British Museum, London. (p.136); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (22.2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: deity; mammal
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.67

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