between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 403
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 22 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 403, under the sign for god, in the place where the name of the deity is usually found, the symbol of the weather god Adad appears instead." Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary
Priest with pail and sprinkler, suppliant goddess, both facing sun god -- In sky, star disk in crescent -- Terminal: (in place of inscription) sign for god above lightning fork on bull.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department