Syrian / Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper approaching bearded god / 1820-1730 B.C.

Syrian
Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper approaching bearded god
1820-1730 B.C.
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Creator Nationality: Asian; Middle Eastern; Syrian
Creator Name-CRT: Syrian
Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper approaching bearded god
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Creation Start Date: -182
Creation End Date: -173
Creation Date: 1820-1730 B.C.
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: hematite
Dimensions: H. 0.8 in. (2 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 1991.368.5
Credit Line: Purchase, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gift, 1991
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

In the area that corresponds roughly with the boundaries of modern Syria and Lebanon, there arose in the first half of the second millennium B.C. many centers of culture that maintained contact with lands both to the east and the west. The seals produced in this region-in a number of local styles-often bear imagery and stylistic features that relate them to Egyptian and Aegean art.

The main scene on this cylinder seal depicts a worshiper (probably the king) before a divinity seated above two human-headed bulls. The god is enthroned on a stool with lion legs of a type known from actual contemporary remains in wood and ivory from both Egypt and Anatolia. The smaller images include a sphinx wearing an Egyptian crown, and an ankh, the Egyptian symbol for life, in the field.

AMICA ID: MMA_.1991.368.5
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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