between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 92
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 13 x 6.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 92 and 93, the two attacking animals are not crossed and menace only one victim. These two seals, and 94 as well, may be of somewhat earlier date [than 85-90], because they include the long-haired mouflon seen in the frieze of the seal from Shub-ad's grave mentioned ... in connection with 73." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary
Two lions attacking reversed mouflon, while second lion is attacked by hero with fleeced kilt -- Terminal: simplified scorpion(?).
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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