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<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. 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. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_09.889.115_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegID_44.123.28GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

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Cylinder Seal

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Egyptian ebony
DATES ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E.
PERIOD Early Dynastic Period or Archaic II Period
DIMENSIONS 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 44.123.28
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg., 2016
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<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Egyptian ebony, 1 3/8 × Diam. 1 5/16 in. (3.5 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.28_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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Archaic II
cylinder
Dynasty II
early dynastic period
Egypt
Egyptian
Egyptian ebony
hieroglyphs
personal name
seal
small perforation
wooden

TAGS

Archaic II
cylinder
Dynasty II
early dynastic period
Egypt
Egyptian
Egyptian ebony
hieroglyphs
personal name
seal
small perforation
wooden

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