between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
18 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 1033
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"... in 1031 and 1033, the belt tassels hanging betweent he legs of the winged hero, a typical feature of heroes' garments in the second half of the second millennium, as evidenced by the Middle Assyrian cylinders 597, 599, 600."--Porada, CANES, p. 143
Cylinder damaged.
Summary:
Sitting lion grasped by winged demon, bull's head beside latter -- Two male figures grasping globe-topped standard, four globes before first figure.
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