Cylinder seal and modern impression: male and griffin demon slaying animal; terminal: animal attack scenes, guilloche
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Mitanni
Period: Mitanni
Date: 2nd millennium BCE
Medium: Hematite
Dimensions: H.  13/16 in. (2 cm);  Diam.  7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Geography:      Mesopotamia or Syria 
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Animals|Griffins