between 701 B.C. and 601 B.C.
white chalcedony
23 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 778
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"It is possible that 778 is not of Assyrian origin, since its flat engraving conforms more closely to cut- than to modeled-style technique. Moreover, the posture of the bull with its forelegs in the air and its head turned backward approximates more nearly that of the bull in the cut-style 742 than that found in any Assyrian renderings of bulls either on seals or in reliefs. It sems likely therefore that this seal was made by a Babylonian engraver.. Porada, CANES, p. 94
Summary:
Rampant bull fleeing before two horses drawing chariot bearing charioteer and archer -- Bird and star in sky.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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