Cylinder Seal with Pleiades, Crescent Moon, and Eight-Pointed Star
Resource details
Resource ID
4920
Metadata
Source Title
cylinder seal
Source date
8th-7th Century BCE
Dimensions
H. 50.5 mm, 19 mm diameter
Categories
astrology, astronomy, chalcedony, moon, sun, venus, Assyrian, seal/cylinder, Šamaš, Sin, star(s), Pleiades, Ištar, Marduk, The Stars (Pleiades)
Current Location
The British Museum, London, UK
Provenance
Purchased from John Douglas Sutherland Camptbell, 9th Duke of Argyll in 1893.
Originally from Mesopotamia, exact city uncertain.
Reference
BM 89590
The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1893-1014-52
(Registration number: 1893,1014.52)
See Alternative Files for additional references.
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