Cylinder Seal

B14465

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14465
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Ur I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

possibly Elamite

PBS XIV: A tree of life, in form of a double palm tree between two rampant ibexes with head turned back attacked by two lions. There is a hare’s head (?) in the field between the tails.

Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 16 ½ x 8 ½ mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 589 - Other Number | 1379 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1379 - Old Museum Number | P269431 - CDLI Number

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