cylinder seal

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Object Type: cylinder seal
Museum number: 138016
Description: Black chlorite cylinder seal; the lower part of a three-figure contest scene, probably involving a bird-lion, judging from what survives of the legs of the animal, between two heroes.
Cultures/periods: Third Dynasty of Ur
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Ur (historic - city)
Materials: chlorite
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.30 centimetres; Height: 1.20 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: Collon 1982a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals II: Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods (279)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete; only the lower part of the seal survives.
Subjects: mythical figure/creature
Acquisition name: Division of Finds: Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date: 1935
Acquisition notes: This collection number is applied to Woolley Ur objects previously unregistered but their provenance is assumed by their place of storage and there have been may possibilites for confusion that can not be entirely relied on unless the object has a U number or other positive evidence.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 138016
Registration number: 1935,0113.535

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