Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-5259
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005259
Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Akkadian
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Fossil and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 19 millimeters and width 9 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]

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