between 800 B.C. and 600 B.C.
black serpentine
28 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 677
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 677 is included in this group because it shows an attendant before a table. However, an incense burner replaces the seated figure. The seal may date from the end of the eighth century or from the seventh century B.C., because a relief of Ashurbanipal pictures a table and an incense burner similarly placed."--Porada, CANES, p. 81
Cylinder rubbed.
Summary:
Figure extending hand over table placed before flaming stand -- Terminal: star over demirosette.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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