Cylinder seal, white shell [shell crossed out; handwritten on card: calemous stone]: Lions attacking horned animals, one human. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, bone. Condition: surface damaged, one chip on upper edge (1x1cm irregular). Areas of iron oxide stain. Early Dynastic III. Contest scene: skirted hero holds horned animals, each stylized in a different manner. These animals have their heads turned backward and each is attacked by a lion. Between the two lions is a rampant horned animal.] [Handwritten on card: References - cf. Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections I. The collection of the Pierpont-Morgan Library, The Bollingen Series XIV. Washington: Pantheon. #82, vol. 1, pg 12; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #255, #470 & 875 for treatment of animals, ED II]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Early Dynastic III (ca. 2700–2340 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Bone (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 25 millimeters and length 35 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)