between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 489
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 18 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"Figure posed like god with mace before deity; attendant with curved weapon; nude female (head in profile) -- In field: crescent stand above fly; star above goat's head on stand ending in goat foot." Porada, CANES, p. 57
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department