Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Cylinder seal and modern impression with contest scenes between a divine hero and a bull, and between a divine hero and a lion
Medium:
Jadeite
Location:
Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar), Iraq
Dimensions:
Seal: H. 3.1 cm; Diam. 2.1 cm Impression: H. 4 cm; W. 6 cm
Date:
Akkadian Period, ca. 2334–2154 BCE
Inventory Number:
30-12-28
Lender:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
Credit:
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930