between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
grey chert ;
Morgan Seal 708
Description
1 cylinder seal : grey chert ; 29 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Tree with worshiper before it; behind worshiper, rampant sphinx -- Crescent in sky -- In field: globe topped by cross, ball staff(?).
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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