1.3.02026-04-05cylinder sealRådata3400278objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3400278MM 14623Decorative pattern of four wavy parallel lines, bordered by a type of single guilloche round central dot which are bordered in turn by a single wavy border line above and below.Helen Merrillees catalogue 1995.MM 14623, VII Nils Rettig Collection Series nos. 14607, 14609, 14612-14614, 14623, 14633, 14631 (9 cylinders) Nils Rettig was an official of the Swedish Foreign Office from 1920 to his death on 11 March 1933 in Egypt. He served in a number of countries with distinction, ending as First Secretary in the Swedish Legation in Cairo. He was interested in and bought antiquities from dealers in that city. A few of these were given by N. Rettig to the Egyptian Museum and the rest were acquired after his death from his brother, including this group of seals., Needs remarking., Urval Syriska berättelser, Condition – worn and chipped at edge of the end, 30 x 10 mm, bores 6 mm, Parallels: Collon 1982, p. 59-60 no. 26 from Alalakh northwest on the border between Syria and Turkey. A number of purely decorative seals made of man made materials have been found at Alalakh and have been mainly dated to the first half of the second half of the 2nd millennium BC – check.FörvärvadRettig, NilsBrukad16th-14th centuries BC – Syrian/Levantine.image/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3651988/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3651989/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914228http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/3223143http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3400278http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3400278http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3400278