between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 423
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 18.5 x 9.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 421-424 the sun god faces the god with a mace. Of these seals, 421 is executed in the best style of the period, 423 and 424 are perhaps late or peripheral products." Porada, CANES, p. 50
Summary
"Nude female -- God posed like god with mace, facing sun god -- In sky, star disk in crescent -- Terminal: inscription." Porada, CANES, p. 51
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department