between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 320
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 27 x 15.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Other figures, however, like the pair of contestants in 320 and 321... do not seem to be associated in any manner with the main scene... [T]he drillings (316, 320)... have been encountered on Isin-Larsa seals." Porada, p. 41
Summary
Suppliant goddess and worshiper before king or god holding cup and enthroned on stool, with hero struggling with goat at left -- In field: three drillings; vessel above ball staff; star disk in crescent above mongoose (before king or god).
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department