Contest frieze with gods

between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
greenish-black serpentine
32 x 19 mm
Morgan Seal 174
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"The battles of gods in 173-177 constitute a well-known Akkad subject." Porada, CANES, p. 23

Summary: 

God collapsing before another god's onslaught -- Two gods attacking between them third god, who has fallen on one knee and dropped his mace.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
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