| Object Number | B5016 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: Contest between wild animals. Probably a scene of the cycle of Nergal. The triumph over the enemy. Two crossed lions attack two rampant ibexes, one of which is attacked by a third lion. In the register above an ibex is seated in the middle of two crouched lions, a crouched human headed bison, and a half bent figure of a nude man with head turned aside, perhaps a vanquished enemy. Concave cyl. seal, partly worked with the burr. Hematite, 24 ½ x 18 mm. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 330 - Other Number | P261208 - CDLI Number |
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