Cylinder Seal

B16890

From: Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16890
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Frit
Iconography Hero | Hunter | Ibex | Lion
Description

CBS Register: cylinder seal. shell. hero hunter, ibexes, lions (sketch of a cuneiform sign)

UE X: hunter between bulls attacked by lions. The star on a pointed shaft, perhaps a symbol of the sun (?) shell cylinder.

Not shell, Frit?

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7658 - Field No SF | UE X: 169 - Other Number

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