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Summary

Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man combatting lion; nude hero combatting water buffalo; inscription (

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Title

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

Description

Akkadian; Cylinder seal; Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed

Date

circa 2250–2150 B.C.

Medium

Albite

Dimensions

H. 15/16 in. ( 3.4 cm ); Diam. 7/8 in. ( 2.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession number

1999.325.4

Credit line

Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999

Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327600

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Copyright holder	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Short title	1999.325.4
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