WESTERN ASIATIC OLD AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH TWO CONTEST SCENES 2334-2000 BC An agate cylinder seal of concave profile with two contest scenes comprising: on the right a standing bearded god is wrestling with a bull which he tramples down by pulling up its tail and hind leg; on the left a standing 'bull-man' with human head and torso, but taurine horns, lower body and legs; is wrestling with hands with a rampant lion, with no dagger, the folded-in arms typical for the Akkadian period. 4.05 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Condition Very fine condition. Provenance From a North London private collection; acquired before 1990. Literature Cf. Boehmer, R. M. Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit, Berlin, 1965, fig.155 and 230.
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH TWO CONTEST SCENES 2334-2000 BC An agate cylinder seal of concave profile with two contest scenes comprising: on the right a standing bearded god is wrestling with a bull which he tramples down by pulling up its tail and hind leg; on the left a standing 'bull-man' with human head and torso, but taurine horns, lower body and legs; is wrestling with hands with a rampant lion, with no dagger, the folded-in arms typical for the Akkadian period. 4.05 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Condition Very fine condition. Provenance From a North London private collection; acquired before 1990. Literature Cf. Boehmer, R. M. Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit, Berlin, 1965, fig.155 and 230.
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