SYRIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH FIGURES FIGHTING A LION. Ca. 2000 - 1850 BC A Syrian green stone cylinder seal. It depicts schematic figures fighting wild animals with clubs and daggers. The most dominant wild animal standing on its hind legs and probably represents a lion. Size: 26mm x 14mm; Weight: 10g. Provenance: 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. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.