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cylinder seal
Object Type
cylinder seal
Museum number
89056
Description
Quartz var chalcedony (brown and white jasper) cylinder seal, contest scene - bearded hero, facing left and wearing shoes with upturned toes and a skirt, and with his hair in a bun, in conflict with a bull. Lion in conflict with a bearded hero, facing right, who also wears a skirt; terminal: three columns of inscription; bottom of the seal is chipped.
Cultures/periods
Akkadian
Production date
2400BC-2200BC
Materials
chalcedony
(?)
jasper
(?)
Dimensions
Length:
2.80 centimetres
Length:
1.125 inches
Width:
1.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.232)
Collon 1982a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals II: Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods
(69, pl.X)
Boehmer R M 1965a / Die Entwicklung der Glyptik wahrend der Akkad-Zeit
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; bottom of seal is chipped.
Subjects
mammal
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Wareham
Acquisition date
1869
Acquisition notes
Purchase of "Nineteen Babylonian, Assyrian, and Persian cylinders" recorded in the Minutes of the Trustees Standing Committee, 9 January 1869.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
89056
Registration number
1869,0122.14