| Object Number | B1075 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Amphibole |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, jade like quartz (probably an amphibole with white veins) PBS XIV: A nude hunter with head in profile, fights with the water buffalo. This animal with his large crescent notched horns belongs to the period of Akkad, and is first found on the famous seal of Sargalisharri. The nude hunter is probably Gilgamesh. Eabani with head in profile, a large beard, round horns and long tresses, attacks a lion. Cyl. seal. Green jadelike stone, 25 x 15 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 140 - Other Number |
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