Cylinder Seal

A spotted red stone cylinder seal with engraved areas. Horizontal impression of the stone seal in grey clay showing a lion on the left attacking bull that is plunging to its forefeet.

Cylinder Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Cylinder seal and modern impression with contest between lion and bull
Medium:
Mottled red jasper
Location:
Probably Northern Mesopotamia, Iraq
Dimensions:
H. 3.1 cm; Diam. 1.5 cm
Date:
Middle Assyrian Period, ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Inventory Number:
Morgan Seal 604
Lender:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York.