Mesilim period (named after King Mesilim of Kish) : Mesilim cylinder seals and impressions, 4th-3rd millennium BC
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Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Top : Marble (shell?) seal, 3.4 cm high (Berlin)
bull-man holding bulls, left-hand one attacked by a lion which typically intercrosses another
a naked hero is fighting with the latter
two secondary scenes at side - hero fighting lion (above), lion, goat and plants (below). Second row : Fara, white marble, 3 cm high (Berlin)
a bull-man, whose body ends in the hindparts of 2 lions, a ligature typical of Masilim period. Bside him a man lifts two goats by their hindlegs, the one on left attacked by a lion. Third row : Petrified shell, 3 cm high, Pierpont Morgan Library
ligature similar to above
lower parts of lions overlap
their tails, which the curly-headed "hero" holds up in his hands, end in snakes' heads. Bottom row : Aragonite, 4.2 cm high
to the right, a bull-man holding 2 lions
in middle, a bearded hero seizing 2 bulls
his curls are stylised to a spoon-like struggling with a lion
a goat, the head of a goat and eagles are scattered in between them.
bull-man holding bulls, left-hand one attacked by a lion which typically intercrosses another
a naked hero is fighting with the latter
two secondary scenes at side - hero fighting lion (above), lion, goat and plants (below). Second row : Fara, white marble, 3 cm high (Berlin)
a bull-man, whose body ends in the hindparts of 2 lions, a ligature typical of Masilim period. Bside him a man lifts two goats by their hindlegs, the one on left attacked by a lion. Third row : Petrified shell, 3 cm high, Pierpont Morgan Library
ligature similar to above
lower parts of lions overlap
their tails, which the curly-headed "hero" holds up in his hands, end in snakes' heads. Bottom row : Aragonite, 4.2 cm high
to the right, a bull-man holding 2 lions
in middle, a bearded hero seizing 2 bulls
his curls are stylised to a spoon-like struggling with a lion
a goat, the head of a goat and eagles are scattered in between them.
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1964
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