between 1000 B.C. and 700 B.C.
white chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 690
Description
1 cylinder seal : white chalcedony ; 20 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"... a divine archer, pursuing a lion-griffin--as in 689, a linear-style--is occasionally represented on cylinders of the drilled style (690)."--Porada, CANES, p. 83-84
Summary
Worshiper holding lion-griffin that is attacked by divine archer striding over outstretched winged bull -- Figure on one knee, holding globe under winged sun disk -- Seven globes in sky.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department