Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian

Neo-Babylonian

625–539 B.C.

Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Green chalcedony

Dimensions Legacy dimension: 25.1 mm x 12

Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer

Accession Number65.1369

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionNeo-Babylonian modeled Style. Contest scene. Bearded "hero" with upraised left leg grasps winged bull to right, winged griffin to left.

Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)