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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Early Dynastic Period
2900–2334 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
3.3 x 2.0 cm (1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Endowment for Biblical Research, Boston
Accession Number1983.566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionContest scene. A bull-man grapples with a hero and a rearing lion that turns away to gore a rearing ibex, while a spotted leopard gores a bull; serpent between ibex and leopard.
ProvenanceBy 1983: Endowment for Biblical Research, Boston; 1983: given to the MFA by the Endowment for Biblical Research, 7 December 1983.