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Cylinder Seal
| Collection number | 印034-1549 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Iran |
| Period | Neo Elamite period |
| Date | 8th-6th Century BCE |
| Material | Glass |
| Dimension | H. 2.5 cm |
| Comment | A cylinder seal made from clear blue glass. Engraved with a fetish and a winged unicorn with mane. The result of non-destructive x-ray spectrometry analysis has established that copper was used as the coloring agent for the plant-ash glass that was common in Mesopotamia and Iran. |
| Classification | seal |
| Keywords | Blue, Navy blue Tiny, Beautiful Western Asia, Iran Iron Age, Elam Kingdom, Elam New Kingdom Glass Seal/Sealing, Cylinder seal Creature, Tetrapoda, Felidae, Lion, Sacred animal Plant, Tree |
| 資料ID | 740 |