between 700 B.C. and 500 B.C.
white-and-yellowish chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 717
Description
1 cylinder seal : white-and-yellowish chalcedony ; 19 x 12 mm
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.
Tree DASH Three globes beside crescent, rhomb, fish, one above other DASH Winged sun disk above indefinable design comprising seven globes.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department