A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL
A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL

EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2600-2334 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL
Early Dynastic III, Circa 2600-2334 B.C.
With two contest scenes, one between a composite creature and a rearing lion, the creature human from the waist up, his legs the fore-parts of two horned animals, their horns rising up to the level of his head, the other contest between a hero and crossed quadrupeds, the hero nude but for a two-stranded belt
22 x 15 mm