cylinder seal

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Object Type
Museum number: 134306
Description: Cream ivory or bone cylinder seal; in the upper right sits a lyre-player surrounded by rows of birds and animals.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1920BC-1740BC
Production place: Made in: Turkey
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Mardin (?)
Materials: bone (?); ivory (?)
Dimensions: Diameter: 14 centimetres; Length: 22 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Frankfort H 1939 / Cylinder Seals: a documentary essay on the art and religion of the ancient Near East (pl.XLV.c, pp.250n.2.291) (Tarsus c.1000 BC); Rimmer J 1969a / Ancient musical instruments of Western Asia (pl.VIIIa)
Location: On display (G54/dc3)
Subjects: bird; musician
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1963
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 134306
Registration number: 1963,1014.2

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