About the Artwork
Cylinder Seal with Dog Attacking a Mountain Goat
800 - 600 BCE
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Mesopotamian
Assyrian
Limestone
Overall: 1 × 1/2 inches (2.5 × 1.3 cm)
Glyptic Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Gift of Frederick Stearns
90.1S14876
Public Domain
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Provenance
Melki Hannash;Mr. G. C. Smith (Lansing, Michigan, USA);
purchased by Frederick Stearns [1831-1907] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
July 8, 1903-present, gift to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Meerchyad, Lina. "Ancient Mesopotamian Seals in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 90, no. 1/4 (2016): p. 70, no. 13.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Assyrian, Mesopotamian, Cylinder Seal with Dog Attacking a Mountain Goat, 800 - 600 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S14876.
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