Cylinder Seal

An orange stone cylinder on which an engraving of a lion is visible next to the modern impression in clay of the entire seal's engaving, which shows not only the lion rearing up on its hind legs, but also a bearded figure grasping one of the lion's forelegs with one hand and holding a long, hooked implement with the other.

Cylinder Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Cylinder seal and modern impression with a divine hero in contest with a lion
Medium:
Carnelian
Location:
Probably Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq
Dimensions:
H. 3.4 cm; Diam. 1.5 cm
Date:
Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 825–700 BCE
Inventory Number:
Morgan Seal 766
Lender:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York