between 3100 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
marble ;
Morgan Seal 1085
Description
1 cylinder seal : marble ; 11.5 mm diameter
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The engraving of this seal resembles that of 1084. Moreover, an Early Dynastic feature is preserved in the bull-man with two hind parts, as exemplified in Berlin 95, a seal from Fara. While the classification of 1085 is as uncertain as that of 1084, it may be noted that both show use of a fine drill and embody Early Dynastic or Akkad motifs...--Porada, CANES, p. 154
Summary
Human figure -- Indefinable animal -- Bull-man with two hind parts merged into one torso (head in frontal view) -- Horned(?) animal -- Bull-man(?) -- Second horned(?) animal attacked by one of two crossed lions.
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