Lion-griffins attacking bull
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between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
yellowish chert
24 x 11.5 mm
Morgan Seal 594
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Dating of 594 in the fourteenth century is indicated by its similarity to a seal impression of that time (Weber 316a). In each instance a decorative motif is formed by using the wings of the lion-griffins to frame a palmette tree. In the scene of the impression the shoulder feathers of the lion-griffin's wings are indicated by drillings. This distinctive detail (which appears to derive from Mitannian designs), though it is lacking in 594, does appear in 595." Porada, CANES, p. 68
Summary:
Two lion-griffins attacking bull between them -- Terminal: palmette tree.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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