Early Dynastic II-III, ca. 2700-2500 BC. A greenish black stone (serpentite?) cylinder seal depicting a hero holding two ibexes. Also a lion is shown in the field with its head turned backwards. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:24.8mm / W:13.4mm ; 8gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.