Contest scene with kilted hero, bull, lions, and reversed feline
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ca. 2400 B.C.
lapis lazuli
22 x 14 mm
Morgan Seal 85
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
Kilted hero with dagger and stick attacking feline -- Latter attacking bull that is also assailed by lion crossed with bull whose lower parts are merged with reversed feline -- Terminal: horizontals with empty space above and head of human-headed bull below.
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Southern Mesopotamia.
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