Cylinder seal: gray stone [gray stone crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: limestone], Gilgamesh [crossed out on card] in combat with two menheaded bulls and Enkidu [crossed out on card] in combat with a horned animal. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Worn, chip on upper edge. Contest freize: bearded nude hero flanked by two human headed bulls. Adjacent scene: nude hero in contest with bull whose head is turned back. Akkadian ]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Akkadian
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 millimeters and length 22 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972) and S1976-1977 #72: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley (April 22, 1977–April 29, 1977)