These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Cylinder seal. Decorated with a continuous frieze incorporating various intertwined animal motifs in repetition (including sheep, eagles, bulls’ heads, cattle and waterfowl).
Length: 0.0225 m
Width: 0.009 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1966) by British Museum and British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Early Dynastic Period
Circa
-2900
-
-2700
black Serpentine
Accession number: ANE.63.1966
Primary reference Number: 89002
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.63.1966
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/89002 Accessed: 2024-11-02 21:35:41
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/89002
|title=Cylinder seal
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 21:35:41|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-89002
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant25/ANE_63_1966_283_29.JPG"
alt="Cylinder seal"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Cylinder seal</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
