Cylinder Seal

B7311

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B7311
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Description

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PBS XIV: A nude Gilgamesh with head in profile, three locks of hair, a beard and a belt, fights with a rampant bull. He seizes it by neck and tail while stepping on its back. A second unfinished Gilgamesh attacks a lion. Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 35 x 22 ½ mm

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 100 - Other Number | 1376 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1376 - Old Museum Number | P262333 - CDLI Number

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