Stamp seal (Stud), human-headed male sphinx passant

Details

• Title

  Stamp seal (Stud), human-headed male sphinx passant

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey › Akdeniz Bölgesi (Mediterranean) Region › Hatay Province › Sueidia region › Al Mina (MN 451, level 8-7) (place of excavation)

• Date

  1200 BC - 600 BC

• Material and technique

  burnt limestone

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal › stamp-seal

• Dimensions

  2 cm (length)
  0.9 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1936.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1954.229.1

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