Ibexes and hero
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between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
pink-and-white chert
32 x 14.5 mm
Morgan Seal 600
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
Ibex, hero grasping second ibex and spearing it, both ibexes jumping toward tree on mountain, which they flank at either side as scene repeats -- Star, crescent, and sun in sky.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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