between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 451
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 30 x 14 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"God with mace facing suppliant goddess -- In field: human head above mongoose; reversed robed figure above bowlegged dwarf; sun disk in crescent above crook; vessel, ball staff, fish, one above other -- Terminal: frog above pole topped by globe." Porada, CANES, p. 53-54
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department