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Contest frieze with lion, human-headed bull, feline, and hero with upturned curls

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
burnt shell ;
Morgan Seal 72
Description
1 cylinder seal : burnt shell ; 33 x 19 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder damaged.
Summary
Bull attacked by lion that is crossed with human-headed bull -- Feline stabbed by hero with upturned curls -- Terminal: horizontals with empty space above and scorpion below.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department