between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 887
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 18 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 885-891 present a completely non-Babylonian motif, worship of an animal ... 887 shows the latter animal and an antelope ..."--Porada, CANES, p. 110
Summary
Worshiper on one knee before kneeling horned aniaml, plant, and mongoose -- Terminal: inscription.
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