AN AKKADIAN WHITE MARBLE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With the design in two parts, one part with a pattern formed from four lions arranged in a square, each with their head turned out, each biting the hind-leg of another lion, and one part with a standing hero, depicted nude with much hair and full beard, stabbing a rearing lion whose body crosses with that of a bull with a human face, his face turned frontal, holding a sword in his fore-paw
34 x 21 mm
AN AKKADIAN WHITE MARBLE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With the design in two parts, one part with a pattern formed from four lions arranged in a square, each with their head turned out, each biting the hind-leg of another lion, and one part with a standing hero, depicted nude with much hair and full beard, stabbing a rearing lion whose body crosses with that of a bull with a human face, his face turned frontal, holding a sword in his fore-paw
34 x 21 mm
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