Cylinder Seal

B7328

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B7328
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Late Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Sandstone
Description

CBS Register: late sandstone seal. lions in conflict with deer.

PBS XIV: a nude hunter with profile bird like head and wild locks, clasps in his arms two rampant bulls, which he seems to protect from attacking lions. On the reverse two twisted serpents form a primitive caduceus. Cyl. seal. pink marble, 28 1/2 x 18 1/2 mm. MS. Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 85 - Other Number | 1654 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1654 - Old Museum Number | P262350 - CDLI Number

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