Cylinder Seal

35-1-1

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 35-1-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PJ, B66
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Iconography Hunter | Hero | Animals
Description

limestone with steatite core, roundels. Hunter, hero and animals rampant.

UE X: a leopard and a lion rampant attack a bearded bison and an antlered deer. A nude hunter grips the leopard by the tail and stabs it in the neck. His head in profile is of archaic bird-like type, pointed nose, round eye, wild locks, and no beard. There is a scorpion in the field below. Shell cylinder with rings of steatite inset in the ends but decayed. Note.- This collection was received under Antiquities Entry 02402 dated December 24, 1934

Not shell, Limestone

Length 4.2 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935
Other Number U.19191 - Field No SF | UE X: 134 - Other Number

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