between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble
36 x 21.5 mm
Morgan Seal 74
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 74-77, which show a treatment of the frieze similar to that in 73, may be assigned to the same time." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary:
Feline attacking bull with help of lion that is crossed with human-headed bull -- Hero with upturned curls and poised dagger -- Terminal: horizontals with lion and horned animal crossed above, scorpion below.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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