between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
18 x 9.5 mm
Morgan Seal 916
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 916 shows a crescent standard topped by a disk inclosing a cross; it corresponds with the stnadard held by a bull-man in 366, a seal classified as Old Babylonian even though it may be of provincial origin."--Porada, CANES, p. 120
Summary:
Nude female(?) figure, holding crescent standard topped with cross disk, standing between two nude male figures--one smaller, one larger--reaching up towards her hands -- Nude bearded hero -- Bird in sky -- Terminal, in three registers, one above other -- Seated goat, lion, facing -- Two recumbent hares -- Bird, two monkeys.
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