between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 478
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 19 x 8.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"Nude female; god with mace facing suppliant goddess -- In field: human head above sitting lion -- Terminal: lion club." Porada, CANES, p. 56
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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