between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 397
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 26 x 15 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Two nude bearded heros, one stepping on reversed lion, other grasping it -- Suppliant goddess and worshiper carrying kid, both facing sun god -- In sky, star disk in crescent.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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