between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 225
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 40 x 22 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder damaged.
[Seals] 224-233, which are executed with varying degrees of care, all show the bull kneeling. Usually a seated goddess holds one end of a cord that seems to pass through the gate, while a male attendant, who is standing or kneeling or possibly floating in the air, holds the other end." Porada, CANES, p. 28
[Seals] 224-233, which are executed with varying degrees of care, all show the bull kneeling. Usually a seated goddess holds one end of a cord that seems to pass through the gate, while a male attendant, who is standing or kneeling or possibly floating in the air, holds the other end." Porada, CANES, p. 28
Summary
Seated goddess holding cord of winged gate that rests on back of kneeling bull -- Second deity, kneeling or floating in air, grasping other end of cord and touching wing of gate.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department