between 700 B.C. and 600 B.C.
brown limestone ;
Morgan Seal 655
Description
1 cylinder seal : brown limestone ; 21 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 655 and 656 are smaller than is usual in this group and probably date from the end of the eighth century or from the seventh, since they show worshipers with symbols, a subject prevalent in the late drilled-style seals of that time..."--Porada, CANES, p. 78
Summary
Six globes over fish, crescent above stylus, tasseled spade on stand, all faced by worshiper.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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