Cylinder seal with animal-monster contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Flawed and veined neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)

Dimensions: H.  1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm );  Diam.  1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Griffins|Lions