Early Dynastic III, 2500-2400 BC. A white marble cylinder seal with a contest scene, accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of White Marble, 24.5 x 16 mm. A contest scene is shown: two reared-up lions with bodies crossed are menacing two reared-up horned animals. A quadruped on a flying leap serves as a terminal. This is a Sumerian seal, c. 2500-2400 B.C., from the Early Dynastic III period. It is deeply engraved and well preserved, a nice example of its type.' 8.52 grams, 24mm (1"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item number 8; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.