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black serpentine with calcite vein
Overall: 1 3/16 × 3/4 in. (3 × 1.9 cm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Morgan Seal 202
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908
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Cylinder damaged.
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Worshiper -- Nude bearded hero holding gatepost -- Two-faced god reaching into frame within which water god sits enthroned, holding vase with fishes along its streams -- Second nude bearded hero holding gatepost -- In field, inscription.
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