Two birds or hybrid creatures following each other
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The cylinder seal image depicts two different kinds of birds or a fish-tailed bird and a scorpion-tailed bird. Above the former is a crescent moon. Scattered around the image field are single vertical wedges. The stamp images show further winged hybrid creatures. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- birds or hybrid creatures (2): perhaps a fish-tailed bird and a scorpion-tailed bird - hybrid creatures (2): undetermined, winged - wedges (20): vertically-set, cuneiform |
| Subcategory | stamp cylinder |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Urartian |
| Provenance | ex-Erlenmeyer Collection, surfaced at Sotheby's (New York) 04–06–1998, lot 190 (1st item) |
| First occurence | Erlenmeyer Collection, before 1998 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 13 |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Sotheby's (New York) 04–06–1998, lot 190 (1st item). Sotheby's (New York) 04–06–1998: Antiquities and Islamic Art (Sale 7143). |