Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
Unknown Artist
7th–6th century BCE
Medium
Flawed and veined neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), possibly etched to produce mottling
Dimensions
1.18 x 0.55 x 0.94 in. (3 x 1.4 x 2.39 cm)
Classification
Stone-Stamp Seals
Culture & Period
Assyro-Babylonian · Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1893
Accession Number
93.17.92