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Old Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scenes

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Old Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scenes: 2334-2000 BC. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal with two registers separated by a trilinear band; in the upper, two 'bull-men' looking over their shoulders as each are attacked by a rampant lion, the right

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Ancient Near Eastern Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350â€“2150 BC.: Ancient Near Eastern Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350â€“2150 BC. Size 26 x11 mm. Fine white stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene of Lios and Deer. Sharp details and fine quality. Prov

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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene: 3rd millennium BC. A carved white marble cylinder seal depicting a contest scene, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, P

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Old Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scenes

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2334-2000 BC. An agate cylinder seal of concave profile with two contest scenes comprising: on the right a standing bearded god is wrestling with a bull which he tramples down by pulling up its tail and hind leg; on the left a standing 'bull-man' with human head and torso, but taurine horns, lower body and legs; is wrestling with hands with a rampant lion, with no dagger, the folded-in arms typical for the Akkadian period. Cf. Boehmer, R. M. Die Entwicklung der Glyptik wÃ¤hrend der Akkad-Zeit, Berlin, 1965, fig.155 and 230.4.05 grams, 20mm (3/4"). From a North London private collection; acquired before 1990.