between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
drab-and-grey jasper ;
Morgan Seal 172
Description
1 cylinder seal : drab-and-grey jasper ; 36 x 25 (24.5) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 171 and 172 are placed within this group because they show presumably divine figures in connection with a contest. Therefore the scenes depicted may be in some way related to battles of gods... The awkward composition of 171 and 172 indicates that they are early Akkad seals, whereas the battles of gods depicted in the remaining seals of this group show the fully developed style of the Akkad period.. Porada, CANES, p. 23
Summary
God with multi-horned miter attacking bull-man -- Feather-crowned hero protecting bull from lion -- Second hero, wearing feather crown(?), grasping stag --Terminals: Horizontals dividing empty space.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department