between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 441
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 29.5 x 16.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"God with mace facing suppliant goddess -- In field: two drillings above three; star disk in crescent, frog on staff, sitting goat, one above other; reversed bowlegged dwarf above spade and crook -- Terminal: inscription (illegible, possibly forged)." Porada, CANES, p. 54
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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