between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 1107
Description
1 cylinder seal : serpentine ; 30 x 11.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The unusual height of this seal, as well as the lower border of triangles, might suggest contemporaneity with Kassite design, though the motif of a figure before an offering table would correspond rather than with the themes of such Assyrian cylinders as 677. The crouching position of the human figure is unparalleled in Mesopotamian designs."--Porada, CANES, p. 157
Damaged cylinder, with only lower half preserved.
Damaged cylinder, with only lower half preserved.
Summary
Figure crouching before table -- Between legs of table, indefinable object above crescent staff -- Terminal: staff(?) -- Border of triangles at base.
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