Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with two- and three-figure contest scenes
Unknown Artist
second half of 8th–6th century BCE
Medium
Brown and cream Agate (Quartz), possibly enhanced through heating or dying
Dimensions
H. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Diam. 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Classification
Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed
Culture & Period
Babylonian · Neo-Babylonian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession Number
1999.325.93