between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 503
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 24 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 503-506 the figure is presented beside a bull and lightning fork, the symbols of the weather god." Porada, CANES, p. 56
Summary
"Nude female facing toward bull carrying lightning fork; to left bowlegged dwarf facing lion club -- Crescent and star in sky." Porada, CANES, p.57
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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