Cylinder Seal

B14322

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14322
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area jewel jar 2, near grave 53, hill X
Section Near Eastern
Materials Onyx
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Onyx.

PBS XIV: Contest with wild animals. A winged figure with a flounced shawl girded about attacks a gazelle. There are a second symmetrical figure attacking a gazelle, a third gazelle on the reverse, and four fishes around the fighters. Cyl. seal. White and brown chalcedony, 14 x 8 ½ mm. Nippur, 1894, hill X, grave 53.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XIV: 603 - Other Number | P269290 - CDLI Number

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