Griffin pursuing quadruped
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A griffin pursues a quadruped. Above them are a double crescent moon and a six-rayed star, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffin: horned, crested, winged - quadruped: horned, running - star: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Museum number | U 16656 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur |
| Archaeological context | Ur |
| Registration number | U 16656 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 18, d: 8 (barrel-shaped) |
| Material and features | carnelian |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | animal, pursuing |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 42 no. 595 and pl. 35. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |