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CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.
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AN AKKADIAN GREEN STONE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.
Showing two contest scenes, naturalistically rendered, one with a lion, reared up on its hind legs, mauling the neck of a rearing gazelle, the other scene showing a hero wearing a belted kilt grappling with another gazelle, he holds one horn and a foreleg of the animal which has reared up, two lines of Sumerian cuneiform inscription dividing the scenes give the name of the owner as "Enlilla, servant of Lugal-sha", minor edge chips
16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.
Showing two contest scenes, naturalistically rendered, one with a lion, reared up on its hind legs, mauling the neck of a rearing gazelle, the other scene showing a hero wearing a belted kilt grappling with another gazelle, he holds one horn and a foreleg of the animal which has reared up, two lines of Sumerian cuneiform inscription dividing the scenes give the name of the owner as "Enlilla, servant of Lugal-sha", minor edge chips
16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
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