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tree with winged sun disk and bull

between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
milky chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 716
Description
1 cylinder seal : milky chalcedony ; 15 x 8 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In a few of the cylinders of this group there are no worshipers (716-718). However, the nonhuman elements featured in the designs are probably symbolic, since similar elements seem to have such significance in scenes that do not include a worshiper."--Porada, CANES, p. 86
Summary
Tree with winged sun disk above it; bull approaching -- Star in sky -- Terminal: crescent, seven gloves, rhomb, one above other.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department