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Sun god and worshiper with kid

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 394
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 24 x 13 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"On most of the best-executed seals of this group the god faces a worshiper carrying a kid, behind whom stands a suppliant goddess (394, 395, 397-400)..."--Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary
God with mace facing female figure -- Suppliant goddess and worshiper carrying kid before sun god, who holds saw over lion club -- In field: two globes; star; sun disk in crescent.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department