Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: late 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)

Dimensions: H.  15/16 in. (3.3 cm);  Diam.  9/16 in. (1.5 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|Human Figures