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Contest frieze with nude hero, antelope, lizard, nude bearded hero, bull, and lion

ca. 2370 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 81
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 14 x 9.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 80-84 probably originated in the same time [as Seal 78], since the small figures on these seals are in the same style as those on the impression of the seal of Barnamtarra, Lugalanda's wife." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary
Long-haired nude hero clasping antelope -- Lizard -- Group composed of nude bearded hero in center clasping antelope and bull, each of latter attacked by lion.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department