Griffin attacking scorpion
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A rampant griffin attacks a large, vertically-set scorpion. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant - scorpion, large, vertically-set |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | U 18257 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur |
| Archaeological context | Ur |
| Registration number | U 18257 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 18, d: 8 |
| Material and features | white limestone |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 42 no. 598 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |