Cylinder Seal

B7330

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B7330
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Jasper
Description

CBS Register: green jasper. Lions in conflict with hunters.

PBS XIV: A Gilgamesh in front face, with beard and locks on either side, seizes a lion from behind by tail and mane, while stepping on his back. In the second symmetrical group, the figure of the fighter has been broken off. Only his adversary, the lion, has been preserved. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 25 x 14 mm. MS. Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 123 - Other Number | 1639 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1639 - Old Museum Number | P262352 - CDLI Number

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