Bull-eared god with lion scimitar in either hand

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
21 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 386
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"Seal 386 shows a bull-eared god who is apparently wrapped in rope coils--perhaps to signify inclosure in a sarcophagus--and holds a lion scimitar in each hand. Indication that such inclosure represents a sarcophagus appears even more clearly in a number of clay plaques from Larsa and Telloh. For this reason Parrot identifies the god thus associated with death as Nergal... The fly and porcupine of 386, however, belong to the regular repertory of Old Babylonian seals." Porada, CANES, p. 47

Summary: 

"Bull-eared god wrapped in rope coils(?) and holding lion scimitar in either hand -- Nude female -- Priest with pail and sprinkler before god with scimitar -- In field: fly above fish; lightning fork; vessel above ball staff; porcupine." Porada, CANES, p.48

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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