Cylinder Seal

B5073

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5073
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Description

note on box: Achaemenid

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone

PBS XIV: A Persian hero seizes by the leg two rampant winged lionmen. He has the usual crown, long hair and beard, embroidered vest, trousers and boots. The monsters with their human head turned asisde have long hair and beard and a curious ibex horn. The reverse has a cresent, a bird, a plant of life like the silphium. Cyl. seal. Marmolite, 26 x 11 1/2mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 661 - Other Number | P261265 - CDLI Number

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