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1912–1994 Austria

Edith Porada (22 August 1912 – 24 March 1994) was an Austrian-born, American art historian, archaeologist, professor of art history and archaeology at Columbia University, and curator of J. Pierpont Morgan’s collection of more than 1,000 ancient seals from the Near East.

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Akkad, the capital of the dynasty since Sargon founded it, remains to be discovered.

Man and Images in the Ancient Near East (1995)

Major sculptures which first attracted the attention of the world's art lovers to the ancient Near East derive from the time of Gudea of Lagash, known to have been an elder contemporary of Ur-Nammu ...

Man and Images in the Ancient Near East (1995)

As a rule cylinders were perforated lengthwise, so that a wire or piece of string could be passed through the hole and then fastened to the necklace or wristband on which the seal was usually worn. Fairly often the seal-stones were set between caps of gold, silver, or copper.

Mesopotamian Art in Cylinder Seals of the Pierpont Morgan Library (1947)

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