This cylinder has a frieze of battling animals, with two lionesses and a lion attacking a gazelle. The end of the scene is marked with two horizontal lines and, below them, a vertical scorpion. Above the lines is a blank space in which the owner's name could be placed.
Provenance: Mari.
Era: Early Bronze Age (about 2600 BC).
Substance: columella and plaster.
Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.79 cm (seal) and 13.5 x 4.6 cm (imprint).
Text: Michel Fortin (p.100).
Photography: Jacques Lessard.
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Michel Fortin, Syria, Land of Civilization. Les Éditions de l'Homme, Musée de la Civilisation de Québec 1999.
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