242 - Cylinder seal depicting seated figures and a battle between animals. Early Dynastic III, ca. 2600–2400 B.C. H 2.6 cm, ø 0.9 cm. White limestone. Two pictorial friezes. The upper register shows two men sitting back-to-back, with a table and a servant to the side of them. In the lower register, two lions standing with their paws crossed are tearing apart a horned animal. A very beautiful scene! Intact. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Karl Müller, Germany; collected between 1950 and 1977.

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