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Female genius facing stag grasped by hero with scimitar

between 701 B.C. and 601 B.C.
drab-and-reddish marble with grey vein
Morgan Seal 751
Description
1 cylinder seal : drab-and-reddish marble with grey vein 27 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The earlier group (747-752), comprising cylinders for which a Neo-Babylonian classification is suggested, seems to reflect influence of the Middle Assyrian modeled style, while the later group (753-769) illustrates the specific character of the Neo-Assyrian modeled style of the late eighth and of the seventh century B.C., though in some cases a seal included in this grouping may have been made in Babylonia."--Porada, CANES, p. 90
Summary
Female genius on one knee, raising hand toward winged sun disk and facing stag grasped by hero with scimitar -- Seven globes and crescent in sky.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department