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God with weapons facing worshiper

between 1700 B.C. and 1600 B.C.
hematite
25.5 x 10.5 mm
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 15
Provenance: 
Bought in Beirut by Robert F. Kelley
Summary: 

God brandishing weapon and holding another faces a worshiper --Second worshiper stands before a deity in the ascending posture of the sun god.

Period: 
Late Old Babylonian
Catalog link: 
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Classification: 
Cylinder seal
Department: 
Seals and Tablets