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An intaglio bright blue, frit object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that form the shapes of a standing, winged horse and a person pulling on a bow and arrow. They are surrounded by other small engravings.

Cylinder Seal: Archer Shooting Winged Bull

Mesopotamian

Standing archer aims an arrow at a winged bull retreating toward a bush; crescent moon and Pleiades above.

Frit

Neo-Assyrian period

Seals