Griffin pursuing ostrich
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A griffin attacks an ostrich. Above the latter is a crescent moon with a globe within its arc, while below the bird are two drill holes, possibly representing eggs. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: ostrich - crescent moon: with a globe within its arc - griffin: winged - undetermined motifs (2): globes, possibly representing eggs |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Museum number | U 18180 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | bought in Raheibeh |
| Registration number | U 18180 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: 8 |
| Material and features | shell |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, pursuing |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 603 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |