"The linear engraving of the scenes of this seal resembles the execution of certain cylinders of the Second Early Dynastic period, such as 58 above. The boat scene, however, is like a motif impressed on a sherd from Hama found in a layer dated as of the end of the third millennium. (Ingeholt, Rapport preliminaire... Hama en Syrie, pl. xxii1.) The resemblance of the human figure in the lower register to those in 1081-1083, for which a dating in the Early Dynastic or Akkad period is suggested (p. 152), possibly indicates that this seal should be similarly dated, despite its archaic engraving. At any rate, the association with Syrian designs just pointed out suggests that the cylinder originated in Syria. Therefore 1079 may be an example of the crude derivative seal designs produced in Syria in the third millennium, before an individual Syrian style developed (p. 117)."--Porada, CANES, p. 153
Above: boat with human figure fore and aft, three plants between them -- Bird with spread wings -- Below: stag pursued by lion, under head of latter prostrate human figure -- Between registers, vertically striped band.