between 2139 and 2113 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 264
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 23 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 264-266, each of which presents a frieze with an eagle in the center, are characterized as Post-Akkad stones by their deeply incised engraving. Moreover, the eagle in 264 and 265 corresponds with a similar figure in Berlin 247, a seal showing in its lower register the birds found to be distinctive of Post-Akkad cylinders (258, 260)." Porada, CANES, p. 32
Summary
Eagle grasping at one side man seated on ground, at other kneeling centaur -- In field: star; crescent; inscription.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department