Artist possibly Assyrian, Mesopotamian
Artist possibly Neo-Babylonian, Mesopotamian
Title
  • Stamp Seal with Worshipper Approaching a Statue of a Deity and Modern Impression
Date 900 - 600 BCE
Medium smoky chalcedony
Dimensions Overall: 1 1/8 × 1/16 × 1/2 inches (2.9 × 0.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
Accession Number 45.502
Department Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map)
(Charles L. Morley);
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Vander Osten, H.H. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mrs. Agnes Baldwin Brett, pp. 1, 20, 27, 30, 37, 39, 48, 56, pl. XII, 141.