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Sealing

Object Number:33-35-432
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number:U.18414 - Field No SF
UE III: 256 - Other Number
752 - Other Number

Description

UE III: a lion attacks an ibex (?) falling head foremost to the ground. A nude hunter has caught him by the tail and spears him from behind. Leaf (?), star flower. Thirty-two large and small fragments. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with impression of men fighting animals.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition

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