Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
Unknown Artist
late 8th century BCE
Medium
Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions
H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 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
1999.325.69
Tags
Griffins