between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
pinkish chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 721
Description
1 cylinder seal : pinkish chalcedony ; 25 x 13 (15) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Some late drilled-style cylinders have contest scenes (719-723) ,,. Seal 721 is engraved with the same accentuated use of the drill as 713, producing a maze of glittering shapes on the chalcedony surface... Seal 721 is engraved with the same accentuated use of the drill as 713, producing a maze of glittering shapes on the chalcedony surface."--Porada, CANES, p. 86
Summary
Above: monster, ibex(?), kneeling bull with tasseled spade on its back, second monster, fish -- In field: three globes above rhomb; bull's head; star beside crescent with two globes in its arc -- Below: god with star-studded weapons, holding bird; winged sun disk over cow with suckling calf; small animal; god on kneeling bull facing worshiper, ball staff in upper field between them.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department