About the Artwork
Cylinder Seal
between 3100 and 2900 BCE
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Mesopotamian
Sumerian
Lapis lazuli
Overall: 1 1/8 × 3/8 inches (2.9 × 1 cm)
Glyptic Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund
79.53
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Provenance
(Dr. Richard A. Parker, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
1979-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Image and Artifact: Ancient Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA, Statewide Services Travelling Exhibition. February 5, 1984-December 16, 1985, cat. no. 1.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Sumerian, Mesopotamian, Cylinder Seal, between 3100 and 2900 BCE, lapis lazuli. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 79.53.
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