Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal. Green stone. 2 heroes fighting lions. 1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PJ, G142     
Material (Catalog Card): Jadeite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L. 24mm, D.14mm     
U Number: 18981     
Object Type: Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Cylinder Seals      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 12: 1933-1934      
Description (Modern): concave. twin group - Gilgamesh and upturned lion. eagle UE X: Gilgamesh wrestling with lions whch he holds head down by pulling up their tails and hind legs. In one case he is standing, in the other he is down on one knee; but always with one foot pressing the lions's back or its head. A cartouche-here blank-is reserved for the name of the owner, between the bodies of the upturned lions. A spread eagle above is also unfinished. Green stone cylinder.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Jadeite      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 35-1-21     
Measurement (X): 25     
Measurement (X): 24     
Measurement (Y): 15     
Measurement (Y): 14     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Excavation Context: Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> PJ >> Pit X >> PJG >> PJG/142


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