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LATE URUK/JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
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A SUMERIAN BLACK STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL
Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr Period, Circa 3200-3000 B.C.
With a lioness attacking a goat on a rocky landscape, superbly modelled, the lioness with incised details for the fur, her left leg on the goat's hindquarters, her right leg on the goat's right hind-leg, the goat with a massive curving horn, a tree growing behind the lioness
17/8 in. (4.8 cm) high
Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr Period, Circa 3200-3000 B.C.
With a lioness attacking a goat on a rocky landscape, superbly modelled, the lioness with incised details for the fur, her left leg on the goat's hindquarters, her right leg on the goat's right hind-leg, the goat with a massive curving horn, a tree growing behind the lioness
17/8 in. (4.8 cm) high