between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble
38 x 21 mm
Morgan Seal 73
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder fragmentary.
"...73 shows a hero with upturned curls rendered as on Ur 63, a seal found in the grave of Shub-ad, wife of Meskalamdug, the earlier of the kings identified in the royal cemetery at Ur. Seals 74-77, which show a treatment of the frieze similar to that in 73, may be assigned to the same time." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary:
Scene obliterated except for lion crossed with human-headed bull which is in grasp of hero with upturned curls -- Terminal: horizontals with small gazelle and damaged space below.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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