between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
alabaster
47 x 31 mm
Morgan Seal 63
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder damaged.
Summary:
Lion attacking hero with upturned curls, who grasps short-horned gazelle -- Two crossed lions, one clutching latter gazelle, other seizing second, long-horned gazelle -- Lizard and dagger in field -- Terminal: star crescent, scorpion, one above other.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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