between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
red-greyish-drab jasper
36 x 15 mm
Morgan Seal 593
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder damaged.
"Seal 593, which has a vertical composition similar to that of 592, may, if it is genuine, be similarly dated... The theme of this seal closely parallels the central motif of Ward, Seal cylinders 713. The cursory execution of 594, as well as the unusual feature of the leaping dog, gives reason for suspecting that this seal presents a forgery of the design of the Ward cylinder." Porada, CANES, p. 68
Summary:
Winged hero(?) standing on two kneeling mouflons, with each hand holding bull by hind leg -- Leaping dog in upper field at left.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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