Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
Unknown Artist
late 9th–6th century BCE
Medium
Brown and white Agate (Quartz)
Dimensions
H. 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Diam. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification
Stone-Cylinder Seals
Culture & Period
Babylonian or Achaemenid · Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid
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
1999.325.92
Tags
Animals