Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-5255
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005255
Alternate number:
51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: grey stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh crossed out on card], two humans in combat with lion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card: scene of lion rampant attacked by two nude heros (one has belt). Scene terminal: vertical line, greenish-black serpentine, worn, pitted. Style: Akkadian. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, 175; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #722] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ur III. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. Nude hero in combat with standing lion, head turned back, who is attacked from behind by a second nude hero. Behind this hero is a vertical serpent with open mouth. Serpentine, greenish black. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, nos. 272, also 270 and 271]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Akkadian
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 22.5 millimeters and width 10.5 millimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #72: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley (April 22, 1977–April 29, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5255, described as Cylinder seal: grey stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh crossed out on card], two humans in combat with lion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card: scene of lion rampant attacked by two nude heros (one has belt). Scene terminal: vertical line, greenish-black serpentine, worn, pitted. Style: Akkadian. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, 175; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #722] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ur III. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. Nude hero in combat with standing lion, head turned back, who is attacked from behind by a second nude hero. Behind this hero is a vertical serpent with open mouth. Serpentine, greenish black. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, nos. 272, also 270 and 271]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5255, described as Cylinder seal: grey stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh crossed out on card], two humans in combat with lion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card: scene of lion rampant attacked by two nude heros (one has belt). Scene terminal: vertical line, greenish-black serpentine, worn, pitted. Style: Akkadian. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, 175; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #722] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ur III. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. Nude hero in combat with standing lion, head turned back, who is attacked from behind by a second nude hero. Behind this hero is a vertical serpent with open mouth. Serpentine, greenish black. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, nos. 272, also 270 and 271]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5255, described as Cylinder seal: grey stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh crossed out on card], two humans in combat with lion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card: scene of lion rampant attacked by two nude heros (one has belt). Scene terminal: vertical line, greenish-black serpentine, worn, pitted. Style: Akkadian. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, 175; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #722] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ur III. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. Nude hero in combat with standing lion, head turned back, who is attacked from behind by a second nude hero. Behind this hero is a vertical serpent with open mouth. Serpentine, greenish black. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, nos. 272, also 270 and 271]

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