seal + modern impression
- bibliography and image source:
Martin, Harriet, and J. Moon and J.N. Postgate: Graves 1-99.
Abu Salabikh Excavations Vol. 2. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, Pl. XXXI f.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: IM80617
• excavation number: AbS1229
• provenience: Abu Salabikh
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 2.5; diam.: 1.3
• material: gypsum
• date: -
• description:
Condition good except for slight pitting below animal's body. A passant bull with profile head is attacked by a lion from behind which rather awkwardly raises his right forepaw over the bull's rump in a loop. Behind the animals a man wearing a kilt
attacks the lion with a dagger in his left hand while holding a curved weapon in his right hand. Behind him a vertical sinuous line has a two-pronged fork at its top. Unclear strokes around the bull's legs may be a miniature byre or cow shed. Although
the animals' bodies are well modeled, engraved lines indicate their heads, the lion's mane and the human figure.
• status: feared to be stolen
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