A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL

EARLY DYNASTIC IIIA PERIOD, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC IIIA PERIOD, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.
With a contest scene, a hero flanked by rampant gazelles being attacked by two lions, a robed figure and a bull-man respectively behind the felines, a scorpion and a crescent moon in the field
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Stansfeld Collection of Ancient Art, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 20.
Private collection, Germany.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 528, no. 11.

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