Description (Catalog Card): Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Gilgamesh and Enkidu back to back. The former, horned, grasps a rampant leopard? (a spotted beast) by the tail, the latter apparently wearing a tiara consisting of 4 erect head pieces grasps a rampant lion by the tail. Beyond, a horned and bearded hero advancing towards a rampant gazelle. c. 3000 BC2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): 1.3m below surface TTG     
Material (Catalog Card): Lapis lazuli3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L 0029 d 0016     
[1] (Lamia's list no.107)
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:158 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:40 Page:158 (none)
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