between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble ;
Morgan Seal 115
Description
1 cylinder seal : white marble ; 25 x 11.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Above: Seated figure facing attendant; second attendant behind one of two facing seated figures drinking from tubes in vessel -- Below: Hero grasping bull; pair of crossed lions; another pair of crossed lions attacking two mouflons, second of which is held by hero who initiates scene.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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