Cylinder Seal with Lion Hunt Scene, 900 - 600 BCE

  • Assyrian, Mesopotamian

Chlorite

  • Overall: 7/8 × 7/16 inches (2.2 × 1.1 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S11566

On View

  • Ancient Middle East Gallery

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Probably Dr. F. D. Shepard (Aintab, Turkey)

1885-1895, purchased by Frederick Stearns [1831-1907] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

October 1, 1897-present, gift to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Meerchyad, Lina. "Ancient Mesopotamian Seals in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 90, no. 1/4 (2016): p. 70, no. 13.

Assyrian, Mesopotamian, Cylinder Seal with Lion Hunt Scene, 900 - 600 BCE, chlorite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S11566.