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Cylinder seal and modern impression: rows of animals; falcons flanking goat, Taweret goddesses

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Stone, Old Syrian
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian 1999
Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: rows of animals; falcons flanking goat, Taweret goddesses
Description:
Stone, Old Syrian.

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