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Banquet scene with seated figures drinking through tubes

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
onyx marble ;
Morgan Seal 114
Description
1 cylinder seal : onyx marble ; 26.5 x 12.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Above: Two facing seated figures drinking through tubes from vessel; attendant standing before third seated figure -- Below: Eagle between two kneeling horned animals; lion-headed eagle.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department