ca. 800 B.C.
green-glazed frit
25 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 634
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 634 is an exception: though contemporaneous with other pieces of this group [Seals 627-639], it is made of frit and shows the typical use of parallel lines found on seals of that material."--Porada, CANES, p. 75
Summary:
Bull-headed bird and human-headed bird walking -- In sky, star, crescent.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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