between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
felsite ;
Morgan Seal 418
Description
1 cylinder seal : felsite ; 21 x 11.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 418-420 are equally coarse. Seal 418 shows a priest with pail and sprinkler instead of a worshiper before the god; 419 and 420 present a figure in the same position, clad like the priest but holding a curved object, perhaps a knife." Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary
Worshiper following priest with pail and sprinkler before sun god -- In field: porcupine above fish; human head (before sun god).
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department