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Contest frieze with lions, nude hero, and gazelles

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
alabaster ;
Morgan Seal 63
Description
1 cylinder seal : alabaster ; 47 x 31 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder damaged.
Summary
Lion attacking hero with upturned curls, who grasps short-horned gazelle -- Two crossed lions, one clutching latter gazelle, other seizing second, long-horned gazelle -- Lizard and dagger in field -- Terminal: star crescent, scorpion, one above other.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department