Cylinder Seal

B1072

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1072
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Basalt
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, polished basalt

PBS XIV: A nude hunter with head in profile, long hair and beard and a fillet, attacks an ibex. A nude Gilgamesh in front face, with locks on either side and a beard, contests with a bull. A lion fights with a human headed bison. There is a branch in the field. Cyl. seal. Black diorite, 28 x 15 1/2 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 118 - Other Number

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