between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 557
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 20 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 577 [i.e. 557]... the figure receiving worship, and thus identifiable as principal in the scene, is apparently the bowlegged dwarf who is usually a subsidiary figure." Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary
"Large dog balancing crook(?) and facing bull with mongoose(?) above its back -- Suppliant female figure before bowlegged dwarf -- Terminal: lion scimitar." Porada, CANES, p. 62
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department