Cylinder seal (with pin preserved) with animal-monster contest scene 
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Black Steatite, with copper/bronze pin

Dimensions: 1 3/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.55 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Geography:      Iran Hasanlu
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Gift, 1961
Accession year: 1961
Tags: Griffins|Rams