ca. 2370 B.C.
black serpentine
23 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 84
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 80-84 probably originated in the same time [as Seal 78], since the small figures on these seals are in the same style as those on the impression of the seal of Barnamtarra, Lugalanda's wife." Porada, CANES, p. 13
Summary:
Nude bearded hero grasping bull -- Latter attacked by one of two crossed lions, second of which is attacking second horned animal -- Ball staff in field -- Terminal: horizontal with crescent, lion-griffin, and vessel above, bull below.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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