between 900 B.C. and 600 B.C.
iron-stained jasper
44 x 17.5 mm
Morgan Seal 646
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 646 and 647 the motif of worshipers and sacred tree appears in the upper register, together with the figure of a king or officer making a libation. The scene in the lower register of 646, showing two bulls charging at a rosette, is comparable to that in 635."--Porada, CANES, p. 76
Cylinder chipped.
Summary:
Above: attendant before king or officer who leans on bow and raises cup ; tree flanked by two worshipers, each grasping one of two streams falling from winged sun disk above tree -- Below: rosette between two charging bulls -- Terminal: seven globes, rhomb, two crossed wedges, one above other.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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