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Sun god and worshipers, one with kid

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite, stained with copper ;
Morgan Seal 414
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite, stained with copper ; 32 x 18 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 410-417 picture the sun god with one or more worshipers, often accompanied by other figures. With the exception of 413, these seals are among the coarse and perhaps late products of the period." Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary
Two worshipers, second carrying kid, before sun god -- In field: porcupine above lightning fork; fish-monster with human head and arm above mongoose (before sun god); large lion scimitar -- Terminal: inscription.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department