Cast Cylinder Seal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1919
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Anthropology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Original of chalcedony or hematite. Gilgamesh and Enkidu (Eabani) fighting the divine bull and lion, respectively. In the field, two small figures in antipodal position, and a staff (?) upon a tiny animal.
label: Notes
content: Illustrated in Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, Article 4, p. 10, pl. 2, fig 4, 1926. Further described as: Gilgamesh is holding the bull by the hind legs and his right foor on the head of the bull, while Enkidu is engagint the lion. In the field, two small figuresin antipodal position; four dots - the four winds or four points of the compass(?) --; a crook places on a tiny dog (the animal of the goddess GUla or Bau), and between Enkidu and the lion, a fish (which may be connected with Nina, a fish goddess, or with Nineveh, in Assyrian, Ninua, the fish city. The original of chalcedony is owned by Mrs. Talcott Williams."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Babylonian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 064328
label: USNM Number
content: A311263-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal