between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
20 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 904
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The cylinders of this group [900-908] contain a number of features distinctive of Cappadocian and of Syrian glyptic, besides some Mesopotamian elements, though the latter are less prominent here than in the Old Assyrian and in the provincial Babylonian group. ... The manikin on one knee, obviously in the act of worship (902-905), is paralleled in Cappadocian seals (886, 887, 890) and impressions; it appears only later on Syrian (942, 943) and Mitannian (1015) seals ..."--Porada, CANES, p. 114
Summary:
Worshiper following manikin on one knee before enthroned deity -- Second worshiper facing inscription? -- In sky, star in crescent disk, four globes.
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