between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 101
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 48 x 16 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Above: Lion-headed eagle clutching two horned animals -- Terminal: Plant(?) -- Below: Banquet scene comprising attendant behind two seated facing figures, goat at right.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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