between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 383
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 25 x 14.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"It may also be Nergal who is represented in 383, where the god holds a lion scimitar... Seal 383 shows in the field a demonic mask, an object that appears infrequently." Porada, CANES, p. 47
Summary
Nude male figure wearing necklace and following suppliant goddess before god with lion scimitar -- Two priests, each with pail and sprinkler, second priest wearing long mantle -- In field: demonic mask, rosette, star disk, another rosette.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department