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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 21 mm x 9.5
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1387
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Babylonian Drilled Style. Mythological contest scene. Archer (Ninurta?) shooting at winged griffin (Anzu?). Seven dots (the Pleiades), eight-pointed star, fish, and rhomb in the field.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)