Cylinder Seal
B5460
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Shatra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B5460 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Shatra |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Date Made | ca. 2112-2004 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Soapstone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in soapstone PBS XIV: Two nude hunters with head in profile, seize a lion by the legs, mane and tail. The sharp gaping jaws of the lion, and the line of the hairy locks under his belly belong to the Akkadian style, which has a clearer composition and avoids crowded or crossed figures. “Ur-gis-kisal” Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 21 x 11 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 133 - Other Number | P261654 - CDLI Number |
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