between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble
25 x 11.5 mm
Morgan Seal 115
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
Above: Seated figure facing attendant; second attendant behind one of two facing seated figures drinking from tubes in vessel -- Below: Hero grasping bull; pair of crossed lions; another pair of crossed lions attacking two mouflons, second of which is held by hero who initiates scene.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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