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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Bull-headed bird and human-headed bird

ca. 800 B.C.
green-glazed frit ;
Morgan Seal 634
Description
1 cylinder seal : green-glazed frit ; 25 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 634 is an exception: though contemporaneous with other pieces of this group [Seals 627-639], it is made of frit and shows the typical use of parallel lines found on seals of that material."--Porada, CANES, p. 75
Summary
Bull-headed bird and human-headed bird walking -- In sky, star, crescent.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department