Cylinder Seal

B14417

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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