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CIRCA 2334-2154 B.C.
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AN AKKADIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With a contest scene of three pairs, on the right a bull-man grappling with a lion, the bull-man with his face turned frontal, wearing a double-stranded belt, at the center a nude hero with a flat cap grappling with a lion, and on the left a hero grappling with a bull with a human face, both with their faces turned frontal, the hero with much hair and a beard, wearing a double-stranded belt, with an axe, a star-spade, a star on a pole, and a crescent on pole as fillers, the terminal a small human figure wearing a long skirt, holding a branch or ear of barley
39 x 28 mm
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With a contest scene of three pairs, on the right a bull-man grappling with a lion, the bull-man with his face turned frontal, wearing a double-stranded belt, at the center a nude hero with a flat cap grappling with a lion, and on the left a hero grappling with a bull with a human face, both with their faces turned frontal, the hero with much hair and a beard, wearing a double-stranded belt, with an axe, a star-spade, a star on a pole, and a crescent on pole as fillers, the terminal a small human figure wearing a long skirt, holding a branch or ear of barley
39 x 28 mm