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EARLY DYNASTIC III, 2600-2334 B.C.
Details
A SUMERIAN TRANSLUCENT GREEN STONE CYLINDER SEAL
Early Dynastic III, 2600-2334 B.C.
With a contest scene between a hero and two rearing bulls, the hero nude but for a triple belt, the bull on the left attacked by a lion which is crossed with an antelope, a bull's head between their lower bodies, to the right of the contest scene a figure seated on a stool, wearing a fleece kilt, with a cup in his raised left hand, an attendant standing before him, an undecifered inscription in Sumerian cuneiform in the field
39 X 29 mm
Early Dynastic III, 2600-2334 B.C.
With a contest scene between a hero and two rearing bulls, the hero nude but for a triple belt, the bull on the left attacked by a lion which is crossed with an antelope, a bull's head between their lower bodies, to the right of the contest scene a figure seated on a stool, wearing a fleece kilt, with a cup in his raised left hand, an attendant standing before him, an undecifered inscription in Sumerian cuneiform in the field
39 X 29 mm
Provenance
Said to be from Ubaid
Purchased in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title
Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 6(b)
Purchased in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title
Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 6(b)