between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
pink-and-white chert ;
Morgan Seal 600
Description
1 cylinder seal : pink-and-white chert ; 32 x 14.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Ibex, hero grasping second ibex and spearing it, both ibexes jumping toward tree on mountain, which they flank at either side as scene repeats -- Star, crescent, and sun in sky.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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