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Herringbone pattern

between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
black serpentine
33 x 9.5 mm
Morgan Seal 39
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"[39] shows patterns probably derived from weaving and mat plaiting." Porada, CANES, p. 7

Summary: 

Herringbone pattern.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Period: 
Jamdat Nasr period
Catalog link: 
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Classification: 
Cylinder seal
Department: 
Seals and Tablets