{Lions and Horns in Mesopotamia}[20th December 1990]

[Redbook8:127][19901220:0958]{Lions and Horns in Mesopotamia}[20th December 1990]

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‘Many cult vessels decorated in this heavier, later style* feature lions attacking domestic bulls: an epitome of the perpetual conflict in nature.’

– E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt], 1:56

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*during the Early Sumerian period (c3500-3000bc[e]) (later part)

**[re eagle in diagram, see next entry]

[cf [Redbook8:151][19901223:1916k]{More Mesopotamian Symbols [continued (11)] – Bulls and Lions}[23rd December 1990]]

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