between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 541
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 16 x 8.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 539-542 the principal figure is a man in short garment and a ridged cap, holding a cup, while worshipers and goddesses stand before him."--Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary
Lion-griffin holding pole -- Priest with pail and sprinkler following worshiper before cup-bearing figure -- Crescent above mongoose before latter.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department