Worshiper before gate of temple

between 900 B.C. and 700 B.C.
drab limestone
34 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 652
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"The scene of 652 presents a worshiper beside a gate, probably a temple gate. A similar motif appears on a seal impression of the Middle Assyrian period. The engraving in 652 is less clear-cut than in other linear-style seals of the ninth or eighth century. However, Guimet 117, which shows the same scene as 652, even to the rhomb beside the worshiper, is carved in the usual manner. Hence both 652 and Guimet 117 are probably to be dated in the ninth or eighth century." Porada, CANES, p. 78

Summary: 

Worshiper before gate of temple(?), rhomb beside them.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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