between 2139 and 2113 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 263
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 9 x 6 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 262 and 263 are included here even though they do not show the deeply incised engraving characteristic of the group: the fact that they retain Akkad features but lack the modeling and cohesion of the earlier designs may serve to classify them as Post-Akkad. In 262, in whihc a contest scene is depicted, the hero's hair, brushed up in a curl at the back, conforms with typical Akkad coiffure ... The fact that in this scene the woman, if it is a woman, precedes the man, is unique, since female figures usually follow the male ones." Porada, CANES, p. 32-33
Summary
Woman(?) and man, each with hand raised, following goat with bird and fish(?) above it.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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