Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man wrestling with lion; nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo
Unknown Artist
ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Medium
Serpentine, black
Dimensions
1.42 in. (3.61 cm)
Classification
Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed
Culture & Period
Akkadian · Akkadian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
41.160.281
Tags
LionsMenBuffalos