between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
lapis lazuli
15 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 65
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
Lion attacking gazelle, which is held by bull-man who menaces second lion -- Latter attacking stag held by hero with upturned curls, who clutches gazelle with other arm; hero's curls joined by line curling upward at end -- Terminal: star spade.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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