Cylinder seal with ox-drawn chariot scene

Details

• Title

  Cylinder seal with ox-drawn chariot scene

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Dhi Qar › Uruk (possible) (possible find spot)

• Date

  Achaemenid Empire (c. 550 - 330 BC)

• Material and technique

  olive-brown limestone

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal › cylinder seal

• Dimensions

  2.3 cm (length)
  1.1 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, 1949.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1949.908

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