between 3100 B.C. and 2500 B.C.
black steatite
18 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 1080
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The animals with striated bodies found on this cylinder can be compared to those on Weber 422, a seal from Jarabis (ancient Karkemish). The upper register of Weber 422 pictures a worshiping scene in which the figures have the birdlike heads of Early Dynastic renderings. It is likely therefore that both 1080 and Weber 422 were produced in Syria in the Early Dynastic period."--Porada, CANES, p. 153
Summary:
Two running animals, plant(?) between them --Crosshatched border above.
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