between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 1105
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 25 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The dentated lower border of the scene of 1105 suggests an origin in the time of the Assyrian empire and in a peripheral locale, most probably Syria, where a number of seals with Assyrian motifs and comparable borders have been found (Hogarth, Hittite Seals, p. 79, fig. 87, 88)."--Porada, CANES, p. 157
Cylinder partly broken off.
Cylinder partly broken off.
Summary
Two birds flanking plant(?) above scorpion and two indeterminate designs -- Terminal: column of parallel lines -- Dentated border along base, border with one dent at top.
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