between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
white-and-yellowish chalcedony
19 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 717
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In a few of the cylinders of this group there are no worshipers (716-718). However, the nonhuman elements featured in the designs are probably symbolic, since similar elements seem to have such significance in scenes that do not include a worshiper."--Porada, CANES, p. 86
Tree DASH Three globes beside crescent, rhomb, fish, one above other DASH Winged sun disk above indefinable design comprising seven globes.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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