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Male figure following worshiper who is led by female figure toward enthroned deified king or god holding cup

between 2000 B.C. and 1800 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 300
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 15.5 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 296-305 depict worship of a figure rendered like the deified kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, with the difference that the figure is now often seated on a temple throne, earlier reserved for gods of the pantheon. Consequently the figure may here represent not a deified king but a major deity..."--Porada, CANES, p. 37-38
Summary
Male figure following worshiper who is led by female figure toward enthroned deified king or god holding cup.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department