between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 556
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 15 x 11 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 -- Seated goat between two attacking lions -- In field: porcupine above fly; star disk in crescent above fish.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department