Cylinder Seal
B9101
From: Iraq | Baghdad
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B9101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Baghdad |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: Contests with wild animals of the Nergal cycle. A nude kneeling bareheaded man with a tight belt is attacked by a rampant lion and a winged dragon with a feather tail. Three big dots in the field may be a symbol of the Moon god, three small ones may represent a mountain. Ina second group a rampant lion attacks an ibex seated on a stumpy support – a mountain (?). Cyl. seal. Hematite, 21 ½ x 11 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 439 - Other Number | P264527 - CDLI Number |
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