Cylinder seal and modern impression: heroes and animals in combat, head of the monster Humbaba
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Old Babylonian
Date: ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Medium: Hematite
Dimensions: H.  7/8 in. (2.3 cm);  Diam. 9/16 in. (1.4 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: Men|Women|Monsters|Lions