Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunter spearing a lion before deity with staff
Unknown Artist
ca. 17th century BCE (?)
Medium
Black hematite
Dimensions
0.94 in. (2.39 cm)
Classification
Stone-Cylinder Seals
Period
Middle Bronze Age
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number
74.51.4308
Tags
BirdsSpearsHuntingLions