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Centaur attacking winged bull

between 701 B.C. and 601 B.C.
banded agate ;
Morgan Seal 749
Description
1 cylinder seal : banded agate ; 30 x 9 (11) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The earlier group (747-752), comprising cylinders for which a Neo-Babylonian classification is suggested, seems to reflect influence of the Middle Assyrian modeled style, while the later group (753-769) illustrates the specific character of the Neo-Assyrian modeled style of the late eighth and of the seventh century B.C., though in some cases a seal included in this grouping may have been made in Babylonia."--Porada, CANES, p. 90
Summary
Centaur with bow and arrow attacking winged lion -- In field, star, crescent, fish (below centaur), scattered globes -- Borders of scroll pattern with drillings, blossom composed of globes pendant from upper border.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department