between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
black serpentine
24 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 43
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Seal chipped at top and bottom.
"[42] shows abbreviated forms of running horned animals, probably derived from such seals as 28." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary:
Pattern formed by simplified horned animals(?).
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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