between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
buff limestone ;
Morgan Seal 543
Description
1 cylinder seal : buff limestone ; 23 x 13 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 543 and 544 show a figure... holding a cup but clad in a long pleated robe resembling a garb often worn by deities." Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary
Figure led by second figure toward cup-bearing figure -- In field: lion scimitar; vessel above ball staff; crescent above mongoose.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department