between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
black serpentine
28 x 15 mm
Morgan Seal 66
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder damaged.
"Two or more lion heads in a row occur on several seal designs of the period, and may therefore be regarded as one of its characteristic features (Newell 73; Heinrich, Fara, pls. 56k, 58k [misprinted h on plate])". Porada, CANES, p. 12
Summary:
Lion attacking bull -- Two damaged figures (probably hero and horned animal) -- Lion walking, two lion heads and scorpion above it.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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