between 3100 B.C. and 2600 B.C.
black serpentine
84.5 x 17.5 (20) mm
Morgan Seal 46
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Most of the seals found in the excavations of this period present patterns composed of simplified animal and plant forms and linear designs (as in 46-48)... The occurrence of human figures in seals of this type is exceptional (46)." Porada, CANES, p. 8
Summary:
Pattern design with two male figures, one with weapon(?), cow with plant above its back, calf, bird, fish, crescent, two oval incisions.
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