Cylinder Seal

B1115

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1115
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Lapis Lazuli
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. lapis lazuli.

PBS XIV: a nude hunter, with bird like head in profile and wild locks, stands between a stag (?) and an ibex attacked by two lions. Gilgamesh in front face with three locks on each side contests with a human headed bison. Front face figures are found on monuments of the time of Urnina. There are two registers on the reverse with a star on a short spear, a scorpion, and two lines between. Cyl. seal. Lapis lazuli, 14 x 10 1/2 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 93 - Other Number

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