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Medium50 works

Collection Summary

Works Held50
Date Range7250 BC – 1199
Primary DepartmentAncient Near Eastern Art (49)
Most Common FormStone-Cylinder Seals (29)
Cultures Represented10
Countries1
Public Domain58 works (100%)

Works by Century

72th century BC
70th century BC
31th century BC
30th century BC
29th century BC
26th century BC
23th century BC
22th century BC
21th century BC
20th century BC
19th century BC
18th century BC
15th century BC
9th century BC
8th century BC
7th century BC
6th century BC
9th century

Departments

Ancient Near Eastern Art
49
Islamic Art
7
Egyptian Art
1
Greek and Roman Art
1

Forms & Classifications

Stone-Cylinder Seals
29
Stone
7
Stone-Stamp Seals
7
Stone-Ornaments
6
Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed
4
Stone-Sculpture
2
Miscellaneous-Stone
1
Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed
1

Cultures Represented

Akkadian · 18Babylonian · 3Assyrian · 2Elamite · 2Mitanni · 2Neo-Sumerian · 2Urartian (?) · 1Anatolian · 1Cypriot · 1Indus · 1

Historical Periods

Akkadian · 18Neolithic · 6Neo-Assyrian · 3Neo-Sumerian · 2Old Babylonian · 2Old Syrian · 2Early Dynastic I · 2Iron Age, Phoenicia (?) · 2Mitanni · 2Neo-Babylonian · 1

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
BeadStone-Ornamentsca. late 8th millennium B.C.
BeadStone-Ornamentsca. late 8th millennium B.C.
BeadStone-Ornaments7th–6th millennium B.C.
BeadStone-Ornaments7th–6th millennium B.C.
BeadStone-Ornaments7th–6th millennium B.C.
BeadStone-Ornaments7th–6th millennium B.C.
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. late 3rd millennium B.C.
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2900–2700 B.C.
Cylinder seal and modern impression: two striding goatsStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2900–2700 B.C.
Figure of a bullStone-Sculptureca. 2600–1900 B.C.Indus
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribedca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribedca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2250 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Rectangular plaque seal with tubular loop handleStone-Stamp Sealsca. 2350–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man wrestling…Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribedca. 2250–2150 B.C.Akkadian
Bull's headStone-Sculptureca. 2100–2000 B.C.Neo-Sumerian
Human-headed bisonStone-Sculpture-Inscribedca. 2080 B.C.Neo-Sumerian
Cyclinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. late 2nd millennium B.C.Cypriot
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 2000–1750 B.C.Isin-Larsa
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. late 2nd millennium B.C.Mitanni
Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper before a…Stone-Cylinder Sealsca. early 2nd millennium B.C.Elamite
Serpentine axeheadMiscellaneous-Stoneca. 2000–1600 B.C.Anatolian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsearly 2nd millennium B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribedca. 19th–16th century B.C.Babylonian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 1900–1800 B.C.
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 19th–16th century B.C.Babylonian

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