Cylinder Seal

B14301

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14301
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Archaic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder white marble, Archaic.

PBS XIV: two hunters with head in profile, lift by legs and tail a reversed lion. they are naked with just a belt, and both have one leg up as if trampling on the animal. Behind them are a lance, with the shaft bulging toward the middle, and a crescent. Cyl. seal. Limestone, 21 1/2 x 12 1/2 mm. Nippur.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XIV: 81 - Other Number | P269269 - CDLI Number

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