Artist Babylonian, Mesopotamian
Title
  • Stamp Seal with Priest in Front of Lamp and Modern Impression
Date 750 - 500 BCE
Medium chalcedony
Dimensions Overall: 7/8 × 9/16 × 3/4 inches (2.2 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
Accession Number 45.503
Department Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map)
Agnes Baldwin Brett.
(Charles L. Morley);
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
van der Osten, H. H. Ancient Oriental. Seals in the Collectoin of Mrs. Agnes Baldwin Brett. pp. VII, 1, 22, 30, 32, 36, 39-40, 50-51, 56; pl. XII, 166.