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Nude bearded hero with sprinkler, bull-man, and god with lion scimitar

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 384
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 24.5 x 14 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, and in 384, where the figure stands beside such a scimitar. In 385 the principal deity faces a a bull-man carrying a kid, as in 384..." Porada, CANES, p. 47
Summary
Nude bearded hero with flowing sprinkler, suppliant goddess, and bull-man carrying kid before god with large lion scimitar behind him.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department