between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 488
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 17.5 x 8 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"Nude female (head in profile)-- Figure posed like god with mace, facing deity -- In field: vessel above ball staff; disk in crescent above mongoose -- Terminal: mace standard." Porada, CANES, p. 57
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department