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Contest frieze with fleece-kilted hero attacking animal

ca. 2400 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 88
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 33.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder fragment.
Summary
Above; horned animals, facing -- Below: remnants of contest frieze(?), with head and leg of bovine, scorpion, fleece-kilted hero with weapon attacking animal.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department