between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
19 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 885
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 885-891 present a completely non-Babylonian motif, worship of an animal. In 885 it is a lion, rendered as in the contest frieze of 880 ..."--Porada, CANES, p. 110
Summary:
Two worshipers before rampant lion -- Terminal: inscription.
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