between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell
32.5 x 18.5 mm
Morgan Seal 243
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:
God with clasped hands behind enthroned goddess who faces second god with clasped hands, latter holding stick and followed by worshiper -- Crescent in sky.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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