NEAR EASTERN AKKADIAN STONE CONTEST SCENE CYLINDER SEAL Circa 2250 BC A fine Akkadian black stone cylinder seal carved with a contest scene with hero fighting water-buffalo and lion fighting bull-man. A two-line cuneiform inscription in Old Babylonian style was added later. 24 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1985. Footnotes The inscription has not been looked at by an Assyriologist.
NEAR EASTERN AKKADIAN STONE CONTEST SCENE CYLINDER SEAL Circa 2250 BC A fine Akkadian black stone cylinder seal carved with a contest scene with hero fighting water-buffalo and lion fighting bull-man. A two-line cuneiform inscription in Old Babylonian style was added later. 24 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1985. Footnotes The inscription has not been looked at by an Assyriologist.
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