between 700 B.C. and 600 B.C.
drab-and-yellowish marble
17.5 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 656
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 655 and 656 are smaller than is usual in this group and probably date from the end of the eighth century or from the seventh, since they show worshipers with symbols, a subject prevalent in the late drilled-style seals of that time..."--Porada, CANES, p. 78
Summary:
Stylus and tasseled spade on stand before worshiper; behind him, plant, kneeling mouflon with star above it.
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