Cylinder seal with standing demon holding staff, demon seated and a sphinx

Details

• Title

  Cylinder seal with standing demon holding staff, demon seated and a sphinx

• Associated place

  Ancient Near East (No further provenance) (find spot)

• Date

  3rd - 4th century AD (AD 201 - 400)

• Material and technique

  black and white dioritic rock

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal › cylinder seal

• Dimensions

  1.7 cm (length)
  1.4 cm (width)
  0.6 cm (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Reverend Greville John Chester, 1892.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.1409

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