between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
green serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 1087
Description
1 cylinder seal : green serpentine ; 25 x 15 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"A Syrian or Anatolian origin is predicated for this seal by the simplified rendering of the figures and by the fact that the plant shows wedge-like incisions like those marking the plant of 1083. A dating in the Akkad period is suggested by the coiffure of the worshiper, whose hair is tied up at the back of the head, like that of the women in the Akkad seal 243."--Porada, CANES, p. 154
Summary
Female worshiper led by deity toward enthroned sun god with garland hanging from his arm -- In field, two stars, scorpion -- Terminal: plant.
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