between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 462
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 15 x 6.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"This seal should possibly be dated later than the Old Babylonian period, since it is smaller than the usual type of Old Babylonian cylinder and the figure of the hero attacking a lion is rendered with great freedom of movement. Both these features are found in seals of northern Mesopotamia of the fifteenth century." Porada, CANES, p. 54
Summary
Hero with weapon, attacking lion -- Figure posed like god with mace, facing suppliant goddess -- Between god with mace and goddess, rosette above spade.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department