23rd-22nd century BC. A substantial jasper cylinder seal with combat scenes; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of Black and Green Stone 34 x 22 mm. A contest scene of two symmetrically arranged pairs is shown. A rearing lion is biting the neck of a rearing bull with human face, which is unrinating [sic] in fright. A band of three lines connects the bulls and a tree with bushy top serves as a terminal. This is an Akkadian seal from Mesopotamia or south-west Iran, c. 2300-2200 B.C. It is large and in very good condition.' 27.9 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; item number W-441; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s; accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.