Cylinder Seal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1919
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Anthropology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Original of limestone(?) Marduk (Merodach) fighting the monster Tiamat (chaos) who is represented as a composite animal, with human head, eagle's wings and body of lion, and is doubled for symmetry.
label: Notes
content: "Marduk fighting Tiamat, the personification of chaos and cosmic disorder, who is represented as a composite monster with human head, eagle's wings, and body of a lion. The scene is doubled for the sake of symmetry." As noted and illustrated by Casanowicz in 'Proceedings of the United States National Museum', Art. 4, pg. 20, plate 15, 1, 1926.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Not Given
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Assyrian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 064328
label: USNM Number
content: A311260-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal