ca. 2400 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 85
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 22 x 14 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Kilted hero with dagger and stick attacking feline -- Latter attacking bull that is also assailed by lion crossed with bull whose lower parts are merged with reversed feline -- Terminal: horizontals with empty space above and head of human-headed bull below.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department