Cylinder seal with animal-monster contest scene

Unknown Artist

9th–8th century BCE

Cylinder seal with animal-monster contest scene by Unknown Artist

Medium

Flawed and veined neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)

Dimensions

H. 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm ); Diam. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

Classification

Stone-Cylinder Seals

Culture & Period

Babylonian · Neo-Babylonian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999

Accession Number

1999.325.66

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