AN AKKADIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
AN AKKADIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.

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AN AKKADIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.
With contest scene, the nude hero Lahmu, with long beard and three large curls either side of head, wearing triple-stranded belt, holding a sword in his raised hand, and holding a bull inverted by its tail in the other, resting his foot on its neck, and a human-headed bull holding a sword in one hand and a lion inverted by its tail in his other hand, stylised plant between the pairs
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Surena collection, London, late 1970s-early 1980s.

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