between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 536
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 23 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The crescent standard occurs frequently on Old Babylonian seals that show cursory engraving. It is uncertain whether it was intended in 536 to identify the deity standing beside it as the moon god, Sin, especially since the symbol of the weather god, a lightning fork on a bull, appears behind the figure in question." Porada, CANES, p. 60
Summary
Figure in short garment facing deity, between them crescent standard with small trident base, beside latter, crook and mongoose -- Terminal: bull with lightning fork on its back.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department