between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
alabaster ;
Morgan Seal 102
Description
1 cylinder seal : alabaster ; 37 x 21 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Above: ram; rampant animal; lion and bull facing; eagle with tail and legs merged in cone, clutching ram that initiates scene -- Over lion, arc with radiating lines -- Below: Two sheep approaching third standing under arch; plant.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department