Cylinder seal of three-figure contest scene (winged spirit vs. unicorn)

Collection number	印038-1553
Provenance	Mesopotamia
Period	Neo-Assyrian period
Date	ca. 700-600 BCE
Material	Agate
Dimension	H. 2.4 cm
Comment	A cylinder seal made from pale brown agate. The carving is characteristic of the delicate carvings in the so-caled Assyrian Modeling Style of the late Neo-Assyrian period. A winged genie with a human head grapples with a unicorn rearing on its hind legs and a winged unicorn in a battle scene between three figures, a motif that is characteristic of the Neo-Assyrian period.
Classification	seal
Keywords	Orange, Brown, White Tiny, Cool, Strong Western Asia, Iraq, Mesopotamia Iron Age, Neo Assyrian Period Stone/mineral, Agate Seal/Sealing, Cylinder seal Scene, Combat, Creature, Sacred animal, Unicorn, Human-headed winged animal Deity/Spirit, Deity/Spirit in Western Asia, Apukallu
資料ID	744