between 900 B.C. and 800 B.C.
black serpentine
22 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 661
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The scenes of 661-663 are probably peripheral renderings of the same theme. In 661 and 662, there are wedges forming a dentated border in the lower part of the seal, a feature found in cylinders made in the regions to the west and northwest of Assyria."--Porada, CANES, p. 79
Summary:
Bull fleeing before horse-drawn chariot with archer who aims at two birds, one small, one large, latter over horse -- Star and crescent in sky -- Line of wedges on ground.
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