The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cylinder seal: bull-man combatting lion; nude hero combatting water buffalo; inscription

Cylinder seal: bull-man combatting lion; nude hero combatting water buffalo; inscription

Period:: Akkadian
Date:: ca. 2250–2150 B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia
Culture:: Akkadian
Medium:: Albite
Dimensions:: H. 15/16 in. ( 3.4 cm ); Diam. 7/8 in. ( 2.3 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession Number:: 1999.325.4

This artwork is not on display

Exhibition History

"The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.
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Who
Akkadian (46)
What
Stone (7,956)

Seals (2,928)

Cylinder seals (831)

Feldspar (73)

Albite (7)
Where
Asia (68,122)

Iraq (2,493)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,169)
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Mesopotamia, 8000–2000 B.C.
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