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EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2600-2334 B.C.
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A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2600-2334 B.C.
In two registers with a double line divider, the upper with the forepart of a lion, its head frontal, a profile head of a hero with upright hair, the head of a goat and a turtle, a facing bearded head above, two inverted ibex heads, a sun, a scorpion and a profile goat head; the lower register with an inverted bull head and a horizontal human head facing down towards a lizard, an inverted stag head, a facing head of a cyclops, an inverted bull head, a facing head of a bearded bull-man, and a seated figure, perhaps a monkey, drinking from a vessel through a tube
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2600-2334 B.C.
In two registers with a double line divider, the upper with the forepart of a lion, its head frontal, a profile head of a hero with upright hair, the head of a goat and a turtle, a facing bearded head above, two inverted ibex heads, a sun, a scorpion and a profile goat head; the lower register with an inverted bull head and a horizontal human head facing down towards a lizard, an inverted stag head, a facing head of a cyclops, an inverted bull head, a facing head of a bearded bull-man, and a seated figure, perhaps a monkey, drinking from a vessel through a tube
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Peter Sharrer, New Jersey, 1981.
Private Collection, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Exhibited
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984 (Loan no. TL19842.6).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999-2002.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999-2002.
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