Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Two running animals

between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
black serpentine with calcite vein ;
Morgan Seal 42
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine with calcite vein ; 24 x 15 (14) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"[42] shows abbreviated forms of running horned animals, probably derived from such seals as 28." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary
Pattern formed by two simplified animals running.
Classification
Department