Title: Cylinder seal with animal-monster contest scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Date: 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Flawed and veined neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions: H.  1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm );  Diam.  1/2 in. (1.3 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, term: Lions