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<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegH_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegH_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.115_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.115_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_09.889.115_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_09.889.115_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

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Cylinder Seal

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Steatite
DATES ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 1 (possibly)
PERIOD Early Dynastic Period
DIMENSIONS 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 09.889.115
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Steatite, 1 x 15/16 in. (2.6 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.115_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

TAGS

Aakhu bird
accessory
black
cylinder
Dynasty I
Dynasty II
early dynastic
Egypt
Egyptian
El Ma'mariya
engraved
epithets
figure
hieroglyphs
honorific
loaves of bread
noble one
offering
private
radiant
seal
seated
Squat
steatite
table
transfigured

TAGS

Aakhu bird
accessory
black
cylinder
Dynasty I
Dynasty II
early dynastic
Egypt
Egyptian
El Ma'mariya
engraved
epithets
figure
hieroglyphs
honorific
loaves of bread
noble one
offering
private
radiant
seal
seated
Squat
steatite
table
transfigured

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