between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 930
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 26 x 15.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"All of the three deities in 930 are copies of Old Babylonian subjects--the sun god, the suppliant goddess, and the god with a mace--although in the present rendering the latter seems to be wearing a cap with soft brim rather than the stiff headgear of the Old Babylonian representation."--Porada, CANES, p. 122
Copper needle remaining in perforation.
Copper needle remaining in perforation.
Summary
God with mace and god with saw in ascending posture facing suppliant goddess -- In field, star, star disk in crescent, monkey -- Terminal: gazelle and pawing sphinx, both seated, above guilloche over antelope and pawing griffin, both seated.
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