between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 508
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 25 x 9.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In Old Babylonian representations the weather god, Adad, is usually shown standing on a bull and holding a lightning fork; often he also holds the bull's rein. This portrayal is probably related to the somewhat similar representation in the glyptic of the Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia. The style of the Old Babylonian seals bearing this figure indicates that it appeared in the repertory at a relatively late date. Seals 507 and especially 508 show coarse engraving..." Porada, CANES, p. 58
Summary
Worshiper in short garment before weather god -- Terminal: inscription.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department