Cylinder Seal

31-43-62

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-62
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Carnelian
Iconography Dragon | Star | Crescent
Description

Barrel shaped. Flying dragons, star, crescent.

UE X: a winged griffin pursuing an antelope. Star, crescents, winged sun-disk. Barrel-shaped carnelian cylinder.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.16656 - Field No SF | UE X: 595 - Other Number

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