between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
black serpentine
22 x 8.5 mm
Morgan Seal 38
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Seal partly erased.
"[38] shows patterns probably derived from weaving and mat plaiting." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary:
Zigzag formed by ladder designs.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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