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Cylinder seal: ANE.67.1896

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Cylinder seal, incised with bull man wrestling a lion, man kneeling on one knee, lion griffin holding man

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.022 m
Width: 0.012 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1896)

Dating

Old Babylonian
-2000 BC - -1601 BC

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.67.1896
Primary reference Number: 88847
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.67.1896
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 August 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/88847 Accessed: 2024-11-25 08:21:14

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/88847 |title=Cylinder seal |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 08:21:14|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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