Contest frieze with hero in center clasping antelope and bull, with attacking lion at either side
between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
grey marble
22 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 133
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The seals reflecting the transition from Early Dynastic to Akkad style still utilize the Early Dynastic group showing a hero in the center protecting ruminants against attacking lions. The characterizing feature of these cylinders appears in the postures of the animals, which have been aptly described by Moortgat [Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel, Berlin, 1940, p. 21] as producing violent zigzag lines." Porada, CANES, p. 20
Summary:
Group with hero in center clasping antelope and bull; attacking lion at either side.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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