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Cylinder seal, a hunting scene, horned animal seized by a lion, which is in turn attacked by a bull-man
Length: 0.021 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
2nd Dynasty
Early Dynastic Period
Production date:
circa
2800 BC
Accession number: ANE.6.1943
Primary reference Number: 88894
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.GA.2.1943
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/88894 Accessed: 2024-11-26 00:06:56
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University of Cambridge}}
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