Inlay: combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Shell, 2.32 x 2.09 in. (5.89 x 5.31 cm), Shell-Ornaments, Carved from a piece of shell, this plaque is incised with the image of a human-headed bull attacked by a lion-headed eagle against a backdrop of vegetation. Both creatures are shown with bodies in profile view and heads frontally oriented, looking directly out at the viewer
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Inlay, combat, human-headed bull, lion-headed eagle, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Shell, 2.32 x 2.09, 5.89 5.31 cm, Shell-Ornaments, Carved, piece, shell, plaque, incised, image, bull attacked, backdrop, vegetation, creatures, shown, bodies, profile view, heads frontally, oriented, looking directly, out, viewer
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