between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine with calcite vein ;
Morgan Seal 202
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine with calcite vein ; 30 x 19 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder damaged.
"Another deity often shown on Akkad seals is the water god, Ea, who bears a vase from which two streams flow over his shoulders; usually there are fishes swimming along these streams ... Seal 202 shows the water god seated in his ocean chamber ... In 202, 203, 205, the god is shown approached by worshipers." Porada, CANES, p. 25
"Another deity often shown on Akkad seals is the water god, Ea, who bears a vase from which two streams flow over his shoulders; usually there are fishes swimming along these streams ... Seal 202 shows the water god seated in his ocean chamber ... In 202, 203, 205, the god is shown approached by worshipers." Porada, CANES, p. 25
Summary
Worshiper -- Nude bearded hero holding gatepost -- Two-faced god reaching into frame within which water god sits enthroned, holding vase with fishes along its streams -- Second nude bearded hero holding gatepost -- In field, inscription.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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