Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man, bearded hero, and lion contest frieze
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 1.75 in. (4.45 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic III
Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955
Date range
-2600 – -2350
Largest dimension
4.5 cm
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