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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Chalcedony with bronze wire attached through center
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 31.mm (55 with wire) x 10
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1361
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionNeo-Babylonian Cut Style. Contest scene. Bearded "hero" with kilt and holding shield thrusting dagger at winged lion-griffin. Ninurta overcoming Anzu?
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)