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Ibex and worshiper at sacred tree

between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
orange chert
29 x 18.5 mm
Morgan Seal 707
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary: 

Ibex and worshiper at either side of tree with winged sun disk above it -- In field, star, crescent, seven globes above rhomb and fish.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Period: 
Neo-Assyrian period
Catalog link: 
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Classification: 
Cylinder seal
Department: 
Seals and Tablets