between 3400 B.C. and 3000 B.C.
marble ;
Morgan Seal 6
Description
1 cylinder seal : marble ; 19 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Seal fragment.
"Its design seems to depict a detached animal head and leg such as occur in the designs of the Uruk period. ... what remains of the engraving manifests more careful work than is usually found in the designs of the Jamdat Nasr period." Porada, CANES, p. 3
"Its design seems to depict a detached animal head and leg such as occur in the designs of the Uruk period. ... what remains of the engraving manifests more careful work than is usually found in the designs of the Jamdat Nasr period." Porada, CANES, p. 3
Summary
Horn and detached leg above leg of animal (body broken off); ibex head above back of recumbent bull.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department