Cylinder seal with animal contest and banquet scene
Object type: Cylinder seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic III
Date: ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Medium: Lapis lazuli
Dimensions: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm);  Diam.  7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Classification: Stone-Cylinder Seals
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Animals