between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
green serpentine
22 x 12 (11) mm
Morgan Seal 241
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The few Akkad scenes showing minor gods introducing worshipers to deities (241-244) set the pattern for the worshiping scenes of the following age." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary:
Worshiper led by god carrying stick -- Second god carrying stick and extending hand over altar toward enthroned deity who holds cup -- Star in crescent in sky.
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