1400 BC SUMER MATANNI SEAL DINGER

A Mitanni-period cylinder seal showing the Dingir sign, the Sumerian and Hittite cuneiform ideogram for a god, worshipped by two figures. 16th-14th century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The card

• Date — 1,400 BC
• Where — Attributed to the Mitanni kingdom, roughly modern north-east Syria; held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 36.5000, 40.0000 — approximate
• Evidence grade — WEB-PHOTO

Sources

• metmuseum.org

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