Preview
Creation Date
3300–1300 BCE
Culture
Indus Valley Civilization
Medium
Cast resin
Dimensions
1 3/16 (3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased by the Department of Art History, for Summer Scholars research by Ellie Westfall (’27), 2025.
Accession Number
2025.105.12
Provenance
Purchased by Ellie Westfall from Ancient Replicas on July 12, 2025. Ancient Replicas is an Etsy storefront based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania run by Dr. Stephen Meyers, the president of The Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies.
Description
This is a replica of a cylinder seal from the Indus Valley civilization with 2 lines of script and a “meditating god”. The Indus Valley civilization, also called the Harappan civilization, was a Bronze age empire in modern day Pakistan, northwest India, and Afghanistan.
Keywords
Department of Art History Collection, South Asia, Before 600 BCE, Cylinder Seal