Enthroned figure faced by standing figure

Object no. S04153
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A figure sitting on a throne is faced by a standing figure. There are two superimposed crosses in the scene.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- crosses (2): superimposed
- human figure 1: sitting on a throne
- human figure 2: standing
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Los Angeles County Museum of Art, formerly kept in the collection of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Museum number M.76.174.434
Condition, shape N/A
Culture Achaemenid, N/A
Provenance ex-Heeramaneck Collection
First occurence 1981
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 33, d: 16
Material and features bronze
Style N/A
Scene N/A, two figures
Bibliography

Porada 1981, 233 no. 1240.



Porada, E.: “Stamp and Cylinder Seals of the Ancient Near East”. In: Moorey, P.R.S. et al. (eds.), Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals. The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles, 1981, 187–234.

Object history
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