between 499 and 400 B.C.
grey marble ;
Morgan Seal 839
Description
1 cylinder seal : grey marble ; 20 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The rows of winged bulls in 838 and 839, both coarse seals, are not typical Achaemenian subjects. These seals have been classified as Achaemenian because they correspond in form with 832; in all three instances there is an engraved base and a suspension loop cut into the seal stone instead of an axial perforation.. Porada, CANES, p. 104
Cylinder has approximately conical, engraved base, with suspension loop (broken) cut in seal stone.
Cylinder has approximately conical, engraved base, with suspension loop (broken) cut in seal stone.
Summary
Side: Two winged bulls walking -- Base: indefinable animal.
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