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An off-white intaglio sintered quartz object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that form the shape of an animal with large antlers. Along the top edge are carved lines that make a swirling, circular pattern. Along the bottom edge are carved lines that make a geometric band.

Cylinder Seal: Figures Flanking a Tree

Hurrian

Two figures in fringed robes, hands clasped, flank a tree; recumbent stags with guilloche (cable) and foliate motif.

Sintered quartz

Mitannian period

Seals