Cylinder Seal

Phoenician

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not dated

Stone

Overall: 11/16 × 9/16 in. (1.7 × 1.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW

12.2.526

Geography

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia, Asia

Object Name

Written Communication: Seal

Research Area

Near East

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 12.2, The Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Jason Herrmann, Spring 2013

Anthropology 74.01, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2023

Provenance

Collected by Mary Maynard Hitchcock (1834-1887) and Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), in Egypt (possibly from a dealer in Alexandria or Cairo), about 1867-68; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.

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