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<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)
Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)
<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_with_impression_PS6.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_with_impression_PS6.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_NegF_SL3.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_NegF_SL3.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.1_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.61_36.837_44.123.109_44.123.1_bw.jpg)

Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.44.123.61_36.837_44.123.109_44.123.1_bw.jpg)

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Cylinder Seal

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Ivory
  • Possible Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 1
    PERIOD Early Dynastic Period
    DIMENSIONS 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 44.123.1
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ivory cylinder seal; small perforation. Two rows of long-snouted boars with bristled backs and short tails, with corn-grains (?) between each animal. The sign perhaps indicates irrigated land. Condition: Surface of ivory flaked in several places, particularly at rims.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Cylinder Seal, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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    <em>Cylinder Seal</em>, ca. 3100-2800 B.C.E. Ivory, 7/8 x Diam. 1/2 in. (2.3 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.1_PS6.jpg)

    TAGS

    animal
    boars
    bristled backs
    bristling spine
    corn
    cylinder seal
    document
    early dynastic
    Early Dynasty I
    Egypt
    Egyptology
    grains
    hieroglyph
    irrigated land
    ivory
    long snout
    long snouted boars
    predynastic
    rows
    seal
    short tails
    small perforation
    wild pig

    TAGS

    animal
    boars
    bristled backs
    bristling spine
    corn
    cylinder seal
    document
    early dynastic
    Early Dynasty I
    Egypt
    Egyptology
    grains
    hieroglyph
    irrigated land
    ivory
    long snout
    long snouted boars
    predynastic
    rows
    seal
    short tails
    small perforation
    wild pig

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