Cylinder Seal

B8917

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8917
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Chlorite
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, chlorite rock.

PBS XIV: the bullman Eabani crossed with a rampant lion, attacks a stag or antelope. A rampant ibex is attacked by a nude Gilgamesh with head in profile, wild locks and a belt. A third, probably human hunter, wearing the Sumerian flounced skirt, stands between stag and ibex. He may represent the owner of the seal. Cyl. seal. chlorite rock, 28 x 16 mm. Nippur 1891.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 66 - Other Number | P263734 - CDLI Number

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