Object Number | B14417 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Archaic |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Limestone |
Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, limestone. Archaic PBS XIV: two rampant crossed lions attack two bulls. one of the bulls is in turn attacked by a Sumerian hunter with a bundle of arrows in hand. the man seems to carry a bow hanging from his shoulder. hunters with a bow and a pack of dogs are found on the more realistic scenes of Elamite seals, but are rare in the Gilgamesh contests. the bird like head and fringed skirt of the hunter belowng to the primitive Sumerian art. Cyl. Seal. Calcite stalactite, 31 x 19 mm. MS. Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 71 - Other Number | 1681 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1681 - Old Museum Number | P269383 - CDLI Number |
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