Cylinder seal: half, white stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card], shows method of engraving by drilling. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out on card]. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Limestone. Split vertically; one half now lost. 28 x 21 mm. From left: contest freize: Leopard attacking a stag which is also being assailed by a lion. The lion crosses over the figure of a human-headed bull. ED III].
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Early Dynastic III (ca. 2700–2340 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 21 millimeters and length 28 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)