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Babylonian cylinder seal with a priest, a hero and a lion

Image attached to ANE.1.1967

An image of Seal. Cylinder seal with incised decoration showing a priest, a hero fighting a bull and a lion, and also a lion attacking a goat. Hematite, length 0.019 m, width 0.011 m, circa 1800-1600 BC. 1st Dynasty of Babylon.

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Seal. Cylinder seal with incised decoration showing a priest, a hero fighting a bull and a lion, and also a lion attacking a goat. Hematite, length 0.019 m, width 0.011 m, circa 1800-1600 BC. 1st Dynasty of Babylon.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.1.1967
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 683 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 78.42kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2009:03:25 14:32:56

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animals antiquity Babylonian BC bulls cylinder cylinder seal cylindrical Fitz_ANT hematite hero heroic incised Iraqi seal

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