Details
| Artist | Babylonian, Mesopotamian |
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| Date | 1800 - 1700 BCE |
| Medium | Agate |
| Dimensions | Overall: 1 3/8 × 11/16 inches (3.5 × 1.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund |
| Accession Number | 45.499 |
| Department | Ancient Near Eastern Art |
| On View | Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed: [translated: Enlil-abi, son of Abi-iddinam, servant of (the god) Amurrim.] |
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Provenance
(Charles L. Morley);
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
von der Osten, H.H. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mrs. Agnas Baldwin Brett. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications, 1936, vol. XXXVII, pp. 1, 12, 25, 45-46, 60; pl. VIII, 74.
Bulletin of the DIA 42, no. 4 (1963): pp. 73-75 (ill.).
Meerchyad, Lina. "Ancient Mesopotamian Seals in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 90, no. 1/4 (2016): pp. 67 (fig. 14), 70, no. 13.
Bulletin of the DIA 42, no. 4 (1963): pp. 73-75 (ill.).
Meerchyad, Lina. "Ancient Mesopotamian Seals in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 90, no. 1/4 (2016): pp. 67 (fig. 14), 70, no. 13.
