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Worshiper facing altar with goat-fish and scorpion-men

between 600 B.C. and 401 B.C.
lapis lazuli
41 x 17 mm
Morgan Seal 784
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary: 

Worshiper facing altar that supports goat-fish carrying on its back ram-headed crook ending in fork(?) -- Two scorpion-men, facing, on platform.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Period: 
Neo-Babylonian period
Catalog link: 
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Classification: 
Cylinder seal
Department: 
Seals and Tablets