Hematite cylinder seal from the Uluburun shipwreck

Culture

Old Babylonian ; Middle Assyrian

Dimensions

height: 2.9 cm, diameter: 1.2 cm

Date

original: 18th century BC; recarving: late 14th century BC

Period

Old Babylonian Period (ca. 1894–1595); Middle Assyrian Period (1392–1056)

Material

haematite

Iconography

club ; cow's horns ; male figure ; necklace/torques ; star ; crescent ; god ; priest ; ruler ; libation bowl (phiale, patera); rosette ; cat-headed/lion-headed figure

Inscription

cuneiform

Production place

Mesopotamia

Findspot

Mediterranean Sea ; Uluburun

Present location

Bodrum, Museum of Underwater Archaeology

Inventory

11.5.87

ID

Per-6855

References

Collon 2008, 362–363, cat. no. 230; Collon 2005, 110, fig. 1

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.