Contest frieze with nude hero, leopard, stag, a hero with upturned curls, mouflon, and lion
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ca. 2370 B.C.
lapis lazuli
24 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 80
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 80-84 probably originated in the same time [as Seal 78], since the small figures on these seals are in the same style as those on the impression of the seal of Barnamtarra, Lugalanda's wife." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary:
Nude hero with dagger and curved weapon attacking leopard that menaces stag -- Latter clasped by hero with upturned curls who also clasps mouflon assailed by lion -- In field: inscription.
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Southern Mesopotamia.
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