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Attendant carrying slain animal and hero attacking fallen lion

between 701 B.C. and 601 B.C.
olive-green limestone ;
Morgan Seal 752
Description
1 cylinder seal : olive-green limestone ; 22 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
Attendant carrying slain animal -- Mongoose(?) -- Hero attacking fallen lion(?) -- Star in sky.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department