between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Morgan Seal 718
Description
1 cylinder seal ; 15 x 10 mm; H. (total) 21 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
Engraved convex base, with suspension loop (partly broken) cut in seal stone.
Engraved convex base, with suspension loop (partly broken) cut in seal stone.
Summary
Side: starlike design on pole mounted on base; tree(?); table with star above it; seven globes -- Base: two sphinxes(?).
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