Lion-griffin pursuing wild goat (ibex)


Lion-griffin pursuing wild goat (ibex)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A rampant lion-griffin pursues a rampant wild goat (ibex). Above the former is a crescent moon on a stand made of three short parallel lines.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon: on a stand made of three short parallel lines
- lion-griffin: rampant
- wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum number CBS 16320
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur in 1926
Archaeological context Ur
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 18, d: 7.5
Material and features agate
Style cut, drilled
Scene animal, pursuing
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Bibliography

Legrain 1951, 43 no. 600 and pl. 36.



Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951.