between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 221
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 24 x 14 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder rubbed.
"Two deities who are obviously weather gods appear in 220--a goddess holding bundles of rain, and a god in a chariot, brandishing a whip, who brings to mind thunder and lightning. A parallel exists for the goddess standing on a lion-griffin that draws the god's chariot [Antiquaries Journal, vol. XIV (1934), pl. XLIIU.18922]; however, the more frequent Akkad representations of these deities show both figures standing on such monsters." Porada, CANES, p. 28
"Two deities who are obviously weather gods appear in 220--a goddess holding bundles of rain, and a god in a chariot, brandishing a whip, who brings to mind thunder and lightning. A parallel exists for the goddess standing on a lion-griffin that draws the god's chariot [Antiquaries Journal, vol. XIV (1934), pl. XLIIU.18922]; however, the more frequent Akkad representations of these deities show both figures standing on such monsters." Porada, CANES, p. 28
Summary
God standing on lion-griffin; lion attacked by bull-man.
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