between 499 and 400 B.C.
brownish-grey limestone
28 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 832
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Greek elements appear ... in 831 and 832, each of which pictures a hunting scene in which the protagonist is attired like the archers of the king's bodyguard in the colored-enamel reliefs of Susa. ... In 832 the archer on one knee exemplifies a characteristic posture of anci Mesopotamian art. However, the fure is rendered here with the knee off the ground, as on coins of Greek workmanship, like those of the satrap Tissaphernes, dating around 400 B.C."--Porada, CANES, p. 104
Cylinder has engraved base, with horizontal perforation through top.
Summary:
Side: lion menacing antelope; archer aiming at lion -- Crosshatched border above scene, pierced by openings of seal perforation -- Base: lion with head turned back.
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