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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Akkadian
2334–2154 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamian
Medium/Technique
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 1.7 cm (1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1483
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionMythological combat scene. At left a victim lies on "mountain" with a boar and a bird falling upon him. To his right a god? with shield in right hand and upraised mace menaces him. Another god? with upraised arm menaces a male figure who is in smaller scale.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)