between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
12 x 8 mm
Morgan Seal 908
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The cylinders of this group [900-908] contain a number of features distinctive of Cappadocian and of Syrian glyptic, besides some Mesopotamian elements, though the latter are less prominent here than in the Old Assyrian and in the provincial Babylonian group. ..."--Porada, CANES, p. 114
Summary:
Four worshipers walking -- Before first, fish above monkey -- Before second, plant -- Before third, ball staff -- Before fourth, vessel above ball staff.
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