between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
black serpentine
25 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 1105
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.
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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