between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble ;
Morgan Seal 94
Description
1 cylinder seal : white marble ; 31 x 18.5 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
Crossed lions attacking ram and reversed mouflon -- Terminal: horizontals in clear space.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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