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CIRCA 13TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A MIDDLE ASSYRIAN AGATE CYLINDER SEAL
circa 13th century b.c.
Engraved with a lion attacking a bull, the rearing, roaring lion in profile to the left, its mane a fringe of hair, with its right fore-paw on the bull's flank, a cuneiform inscription in two rows above
15/8 in. (4.1 cm) high
circa 13th century b.c.
Engraved with a lion attacking a bull, the rearing, roaring lion in profile to the left, its mane a fringe of hair, with its right fore-paw on the bull's flank, a cuneiform inscription in two rows above
15/8 in. (4.1 cm) high
Literature
Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 294.
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, France, 1975.
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