between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
dark-red hematite
18 x 8.5 mm
Morgan Seal 498
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Damaged cylinder.
Summary:
"Worshiper before deity -- Nude female -- In field: fish(?); crescent -- Secondary motif: lion-griffin placed horizontally above two facing seated sphinxes." Porada, CANES, p. 57
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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