between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 238
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 22 mm diameter
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder rubbed, top broken off.
"The scenes of 237 and 238 depict offerings to deities. The divinity of 237 is characterized by the weapons sprouting from her shoulders as the war goddess usually identified as Ishtar. The deity in 238 may be the same goddess, since she is seated on a lion, and lions occur on the throne of the war goddess in another Akkad seal." Porada, CANES, p. 29
"The scenes of 237 and 238 depict offerings to deities. The divinity of 237 is characterized by the weapons sprouting from her shoulders as the war goddess usually identified as Ishtar. The deity in 238 may be the same goddess, since she is seated on a lion, and lions occur on the throne of the war goddess in another Akkad seal." Porada, CANES, p. 29
Summary
Short-skirted man carrying kid and following female(?) worshiper with offering who is led by minor deity toward goddess enthroned on lion -- Above lion's head, crescent and bird; below it, scorpion.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department