Cylinder Seal

B9099

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B9099
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Quartz
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, quartz

PBS XIV: A Gilgamesh in front face, with beard and locks and his sex well marked, attacks a lion. A second Gilgamesh steps on the head of a reversed bull. There is a star in the field.

Cyl. seal with many pieces broken off. Quartz, 25 x 17 mm.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 143 - Other Number | P264525 - CDLI Number

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