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Zigzag ladder designs forming two triangles

between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 35
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 48 x 13.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"[35] shows patterns probably derived from weaving and mat plaiting." Porada, CANES, p. 7
Summary
Zigzag ladder designs forming two triangles, three drillings in each.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department