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Contest scene with kilted hero, bull, lions, and gazelles

ca. 2400 B.C.
marble ;
Morgan Seal 87
Description
1 cylinder seal : marble ; 27 x 16 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Kilted hero grasping bull that is clutched by one of two crossed lions while second lion seizes gazelle -- Terminal: scorpion.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department