between 3100 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
marble
11.5 mm diameter
Morgan Seal 1085
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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