between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
green serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 226
Description
1 cylinder seal : green serpentine ; 31 x 19.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
[Seals] 224-233, which are executed with varying degrees of care, all show the bull kneeling. Usually a seated goddess holds one end of a cord that seems to pass through the gate, while a male attendant, who is standing or kneeling or possibly floating in the air, holds the other end." Porada, CANES, p. 28
Summary
Seated goddess holding cord of winged gate that rests on back of kneeling bull -- Nude god raising one foot above bull's back and grasping other end of cord with both hands.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department