Cylinder seal and modern impression:  bull-man combatting lion; nude hero combatting water buffalo; inscription
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Akkadian
Period: Akkadian
Date: ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Medium: Albite
Dimensions: H.  15/16 in. ( 3.4 cm );  Diam.  7/8 in. ( 2.3 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Male Nudes|Buffalos|Lions