Contest frieze with lion-headed eagle and horned animals and banquet scene

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
shell
48 x 16 mm
Morgan Seal 101
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary: 

Above: Lion-headed eagle clutching two horned animals -- Terminal: Plant(?) -- Below: Banquet scene comprising attendant behind two seated facing figures, goat at right.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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