between 3100 B.C. and 2600 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 46
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 84.5 x 17.5 (20) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Most of the seals found in the excavations of this period present patterns composed of simplified animal and plant forms and linear designs (as in 46-48)... The occurrence of human figures in seals of this type is exceptional (46)." Porada, CANES, p. 8
Summary
Pattern design with two male figures, one with weapon(?), cow with plant above its back, calf, bird, fish, crescent, two oval incisions.
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