Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene

Unknown Artist

late 9th–6th century BCE

Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene by Unknown Artist

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

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