SealsMesopotamian3rd millennium BCE
Cylinder Seal: Combat Scenes
c. 2334-2193 BCE
Description
A nude, bearded figure with curled locks grapples with an upright bull; to the other side of the inscription, the encounter of a lion and bull/bull-man is largely lost.
Dimensions
H. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Edward W. Forbes, Cambridge, MA, (by 1957), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957.
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