between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
white chalcedony
30 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 711
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
Worshiper before tasseled crescent staff on stand, star above his hands, fish below -- Behind crescent staff: cross topped by globe and rhomb, ball staff, one above other -- Winged sun disk above stylus and tasseled spade, each on stand; seven globes.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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