between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
glazed steatite
10 mm diameter
Morgan Seal 45
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Lower part of cylinder broken off.
"[45] shows abbreviated forms of running horned animals, probably derived from such seals as 28." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary:
Horizontal lines with undulating lines above.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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