between 499 and 400 B.C.
brownish chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 837
Description
1 cylinder seal : brownish chalcedony ; 25 x 13 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 837 recalls Greek gems of the fifth century in its exquisite engraving and spacious background. It can be dated in that period by analogy with a seal impression on a tablet of the time of Darius and Xerxes (Philadelphia 833)."--Porada, CANES, p. 104
Summary
Bull walking.
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