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Gods with clasped hands, enthroned goddess, and worshipper

between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 243
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 32.5 x 18.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The few Akkad scenes showing minor gods introducing worshipers to deities (241-244) set the pattern for the worshiping scenes of the following age." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary
God with clasped hands behind enthroned goddess who faces second god with clasped hands, latter holding stick and followed by worshiper -- Crescent in sky.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department