Reins before heads of four bulls drawing chariot bearing seated deity
between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
23 x 11.5 mm
Morgan Seal 893
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The theme of 893, which protrays a figure--probably representing a deity--borne in a chariot drawn by four bulls, is a typically Cappadocian motif found in numerous impressions."--Porada, CANES, p. 110
Summary:
Ladder-like reins before heads of four bulls one above other, drawing chariot that bears seated deity holding reins and whip(?) -- Before deity, mongoose, behind chariot two men, one above other.
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