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LATE AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GILGAMESH CONTEST SCENE
2254-2154 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (15.8 grams, 30 mm).
2254-2154 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (15.8 grams, 30 mm).
In green marble with Gilgamesh contest scene, human hero stabbing a rearing beast and beast-man grappling a rearing lion; scorpion and objects in the field. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Ex Cohen Antiques, London W8.
From the M. Cloake collection, acquired in 1977.
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.
