Title: Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Date: late 8th century BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions: H.  13/16 in. (2 cm);  Diam.  11/16 in. (1.7 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