Cylinder Seal

35-1-5

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 35-1-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PJ, G143
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Iconography Hunter | Lion | Gazelle | Crescent
Description

Limestone. two hunters, lion, gazelle, crescent

UE X: two nude servants (?) holding up a wild animal running away tail up, which may be a lion (?). A goat rampant and a crescent fill the space left over. Yellow stone cylinder.

Length 2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935
Other Number U.18976 - Field No SF | UE X: 95 - Other Number

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