between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
banded agate ;
Morgan Seal 723
Description
1 cylinder seal : banded agate ; 25 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 723 is so cursorily engraved that it cannot be precisely classified, though the angular shapes of the figures recall late cut-style seals like 741-746 below."--Porada, CANES, p. 87
Summary
Plant -- Approaching lion attacked by hero -- Crescent in sky -- Two stars in field.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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