Contest frieze with mouflon and lions

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble
21.5 x 10.5 mm
Morgan Seal 93
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"In 92 and 93, the two attacking animals are not crossed and menace only one victim. These two seals, and 94 as well, may be of somewhat earlier date [than 85-90], because they include the long-haired mouflon seen in the frieze of the seal from Shub-ad's grave mentioned ... in connection with 73." Porada, CANES, p. 13

Summary: 

Reversed mouflon attacked by two lions -- Terminal: scorpion.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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