Cylinder Seal

Seal (Object)

49-12-152

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Cyprus | Kourion | Bamboula

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 49-12-152
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Kourion | Bamboula
Site Name Kourion
Locus Tomb 12:23
Period Late Cypriot IIA
Date Made 1450–1375 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Steatite
Description

C-surface worn. Dark gray steatite. Long-robed figure with 3 short oblique lines behind head, facing right, standing with one hand raised behind small sacred tree and large griffen seated on hinelegs. Human figure wears long flairing skirt marked by vertical lines and held to waist by belt, covering of upper body indefinable.

Length 2 cm
Outside Diameter 0.8 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, J. F. Daniel, 1949
Other Number S104 - Field No SF

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