Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene

Ca. 2700-2500 BC.Cylinder seal of white marble. Contest scene: Walking lion behind lioness between two rearing domestic quadrupeds; scorpion above lion's back. Condition very good. Accompanied by a si

3rd millennium BC. A carved black limestone cylinder seal depicting a contest scene, with original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W. G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University

Ancient Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350 BC. Size 34 x 25 mm. A large Stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene with group of animals and a line of Sumerian inscriptions. Attribution from c

3rd millennium B.C. A white marble cylinder seal with a pair of rearing lions gripping the hindlegs of an antelope hanging upside down, a hero attacking the second lion from behind; further two scenes

2nd millennium B.C. A stone cylinder seal with a double register; the top register with a contest scene, a rearing lion attacking a regardant Lamassu, a lizard behind, Gilgamesh attacking the lion fro

Ancient Near East, Sumerian, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennia, Iraq. A very large and unusual white stone cylinder seal used to identify correspondences as coming from a specific individual - in th

2nd millennium B.C. A jasper cylinder seal with a pair of rearing lions facing a standing hero, another quadruped behind the figure and a small antelope underneath the first lion, pellets and other sy

2334-2000 BC. A rock crystal cylinder seal with frieze depicting contest scenes: a rearing lion attacking a rearing goat, two symmetrically crossed rearing goats, a bull-man with horned headdress gras

3rd millennium BC. A carved white marble cylinder seal depicting a contest scene, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, P

Mid 29th-28th century BC. A carved limestone cylinder seal with two naked heroes Gilgameš and Enkidu killing the 'bull of heaven', standing up between them, while the right-standing Enkidu, hidden un

3rd millennium BC. A shell cylinder seal with lions attacking goats; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at

2nd millennium B.C. A large cylinder seal with a double register; the top register with a pair of lions attacking a pair of rearing bulls, a hero in combat with a rearing lion, a human-headed bull att

2334-2000 BC. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal with two registers separated by a trilinear band; in the upper, two 'bull-men' looking over their shoulders as each are attacked by a rampant lion, the right

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 a

3rd millennium BC or later. A group of four cylinder seals, one in white agate, and three in black limestone, including an Early Dynastic III cylinder seal with contest scene and a Mitanni seal, possi

Ancient Near Eastern Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350–2150 BC. Size 18 x10 mm. Fine white stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene of Hero or hunter with lion and stags held head down.

Ancient Near Eastern Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350–2150 BC. Size 26 x11 mm. Fine white stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene of Lios and Deer. Sharp details and fine quality. Prov

Ancient Near Eastern Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350–2150 BC. Size 21 x12 mm. Fine white stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene of large bird, bull and a stag. Rare subject. Provenan

Ancient Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal c.2350 BC. Size 39 x 25 mm. A large Stone cylinder seal carved with contest scene a group of animals and figures. Attribution from collector included.(says shell b

Mesopotamian Akkadian Style Black Stone Cylinder Seal With Gilgamesh. Size 34 x 20 mm. Carved black stone cylinder seal in the Akkadian Style contest scene: Bearded head of a man in Bull body (Gilgame

An Akkadian black stone cylinder seal Circa 2300-2200 B.C. Depicting a Contest Scene with a male figure fighting a bull, a scorpion behind them in the field, two further animals on their hind legs fi

A Neo-Assyrian red steatite cylinder seal, 8th - 7th Century BC, with a contest scene with a pair of deities engaged, archer behind and spade of Marduk. L: 3.2 cm. Ex California Museum of Ancient Art

2nd millennium BC. A rock crystal cylinder seal with a scene of two opposing gryphons flanking a central three-pointed wheat stalk, bird above and other symbols on the field; accompanied by a museum-q

Ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian Marble Cylinder Seal c.3000 BC. Size 2 1/8 inches length. + mount. unusual fine carved marble cylinder seal with two register scene of group of animals and figures left.