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)
Cylinder Seal with Dog Attacking a Mountain Goat, 800 - 600 BCE
- Assyrian, Mesopotamian
Limestone
- Overall: 1 × 1/2 inches (2.5 × 1.3 cm)
Gift of Frederick Stearns
90.1S14876
On View
- Ancient Middle East Gallery
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Assyrian
- Limestone
- Seal
- Cylindrical
- Battle
- Turkey
- Lion
- Goat
- Dog
Details
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.
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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