Cylinder Seal with Pleiades
Resource details
Resource ID
5051
Metadata
Source Title
Cylinder seal with animal and divine symbols
City/Place
Hasanlu Tepe
Country/Region
Assyria
Dynasty/Period/Ruler
Neo-Assyrian Empire (936-606 BCE)
Source date
9th Century BCE
Dimensions
D. 29 mm
Categories
astrology, astronomy, ceramics/pottery, pigment, venus, Assyrian, seal/cylinder, star(s), Pleiades, Ištar, The Stars (Pleiades)
Current Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Provenance
Acquired by the museum in 1965.
Excavated from Teppe Hasanlu by Robert H. Dyson Jr. on behalf of the Hasanlu Project sponsored by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Archaeological Service of Iran, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1964)
Reference
65.163.41
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325770.
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Location Data
Marker lat / long: 37.004566, 45.45825 (WGS84)
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