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Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Bull-Men Contest Scenes

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Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Bull-Men Contest Scenes

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Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with a bull-man holding a rearing ibex, a naked bearded male facing frontally and holding a goat upside down, a naked bearded male facing frontally holding a rearing human-headed bull with long beard. 23.9 grams, 26 mm (1 in.).

From an important London collection, formed before 1990. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.

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