Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: late 8th century BCE
Medium: Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)

Dimensions: H.  13/16 in. (2 cm);  Diam.  11/16 in. (1.7 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