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Male figure with scimitar and curved implement, facing enthroned deified king or god holding cup with crescent before him

between 2000 B.C. and 1800 B.C.
greyish-black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 305
Description
1 cylinder seal : greyish-black serpentine ; 21.5 x 11.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 296-305 depict worship of a figure rendered like the deified kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, with the difference that the figure is now often seated on a temple throne, earlier reserved for gods of the pantheon. Consequently the figure may here represent not a deified king but a major deity..."--Porada, CANES, p. 37
Summary
Male figure with scimitar and curved implement, facing enthroned deified king or god holding cup, with crescent before him -- Terminal: bird over turtle; plant in stand; ball staff.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department