Mid 24th-22nd century BC. A haematite cylinder seal with contest scenes; antithetical group consisting of two human-headed bulls (full-face) in the centre being protected by two bearded Lahmu heroes with six large curls (full face), associated with the gods Enki and Ea; to the left a bull-man kusarikku struggling against a rampant lion, a sword stuck in the ground in between. Cf. D. Collon, Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals II. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods, London, 1982, p.43, pl.IV, fig.18. 36 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously in a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Accompanied by a museum-quality impression.