Cylinder seal and impression; lions, human-headed bull, stag, and hunter / Early Dynastic III (Mesopotamian); Creation date: ca. 2500 BCE

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Work Title: Cylinder seal and impression; lions, human-headed bull, stag, and hunter
Creator/Culture: Sumerian
Site/Repository: Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, USA) ID: 55.65.4
Period/Date: Early Dynastic III (Mesopotamian); Creation date: ca. 2500 BCE
Media/Technique: marble
Dimensions: height: 4.5 cm, height: 1.77 inches
Subjects: Seals (Identifying artifacts); Cylinder seals; Mesopotamia; Art, Sumerian; Lions; Human-headed bulls; Stags; Hunters; Iraq
Work Record ID: 213623
Image Record ID: 968634
Digital filename: 04d104755
Classification Filing Number: 416H; D.3; 56LBS 2; *.r-digitalonly
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 04:23:33

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2812 x 1072
File Size: 401 KB
Record: 968634
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-968634/04d104755

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 968634. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-968634/04d104755. April 18, 2024.