between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 218
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 29.5 x 17 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"A number of Akkadian seals feature a god the lower part of whose body is that of a snake ... [Seals] 217-219 ... show this deity receiving one or more worshipers." Porada, CANES, p. 27
Summary
Worshiper before snake-god -- Crescent in sky -- Terminal: door and star spade.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department