between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
white marble
19.5 x 10.5 mm
Morgan Seal 132
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The seals reflecting the transition from Early Dynastic to Akkad style still utilize the Early Dynastic group showing a hero in the center protecting ruminants against attacking lions. The characterizing feature of these cylinders appears in the postures of the animals, which have been aptly described by Moortgat as producing violent zigzag lines." Porada, CANES, p. 20
Summary:
Group with hero in center clasping goat and antelope; attacking lion at each side -- Star spade and snake in field.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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