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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