Cylinder seal depicting two bareheaded, bearded men with belted waists, grasping a lion's tail and hind leg. They wrap their legs around the back of the beast trying to bite them. Basalt. Sumerian art, Akkad (2334 - 2154 B.C.). Height: 2.2 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, p. 58, reproduced fig. 16. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.