Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 371 23 March 2016
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Black serpentine cylinder seal. Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIb/Pre-Sardonic Period, Transitional Style, circa 2350-2300 BC. Contest frieze with a lion on hind legs, forepaws extended to a bearded man, facing left, his arms extended. Behind, two ibexes on hind legs, that on the right with a sheep on hind. Height: 33mm. A few minor chips. Cf. Moortgat 110-116 for similar.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
Moortgat suggests that his group of similar seals are from Ur I.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
Moortgat suggests that his group of similar seals are from Ur I.