between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
grey limestone
27 mm diameter
Morgan Seal 34
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The design of 33 recalls a pattern that has been interpreted by Heinrich and Andrae in connction wth the decoration of stone vases, as imitating the pattern used in weaving mats for covering the walls of reed huts." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary:
Zigzag with partially crosshatched lines.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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