Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Worshiper, gods carrying sticks, and enthroned deity holding a cup

between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
green serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 241
Description
1 cylinder seal : green serpentine ; 22 x 12 (11) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The few Akkad scenes showing minor gods introducing worshipers to deities (241-244) set the pattern for the worshiping scenes of the following age." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary
Worshiper led by god carrying stick -- Second god carrying stick and extending hand over altar toward enthroned deity who holds cup -- Star in crescent in sky.
Classification
Department