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Stag before horse drawing chariot with archer aiming at bird in sky

between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 1099
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 24 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The animals in this scene, especially the stag, show some resemblance, in their rudimentary engraving, to animals on seals excavated in Syria, such as Ashmolean 240. Thus the possibility arises that 1099 is of Syrian origin, wile the prevalence of its motif--a hunt from a chariot--in Neo-Assyrian seals such as 659-661, would suggest a ninth- or eighth-century dating."--Porada, CANES, p. 155
Summary
Stag before horse drawing chariot with archer aiming at bird in sky -- Two indeterminate animals in field.
Classification
Department