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Lion above figure on one knee

between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 1095
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 23.5 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In the drillings placed in the field, and in the design of the bird, this seal resembles a piece found at Ras Shamra and included by Frankfort in his third Syrian group (Cylinder seals, pl. xlve). A similar classification might be suggested for 1095."--Porada, CANES, p. 155
Summary
Lion above figure on one knee -- Worshiper holding indefinable object in one hand and bird in other, approaching personage with large cup enthroned on two standing goats -- In field, rosette, three triangles formed by drillings.
Classification
Department