Title: Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Date: late 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions: H.  15/16 in. (3.3 cm);  Diam.  9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Geography:      Mesopotamia     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Griffins