between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
black steatite ;
Morgan Seal 555
Description
1 cylinder seal : black steatite ; 21 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 555 and 556 the principal figures are dancers; this is unusual, since dancers occur as a rule only as subsidiary figures." Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary
"Two dancers holding hands over vessel -- Crescent above bowlegged dwarf -- Male figure holding cup." Porada, CANES, p. 62
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department