Cylinder seal: ANE.67.1896

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Cylinder seal

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

Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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