Suppliant goddess and worshiper before enthroned deity

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
25 x 14 mm
Morgan Seal 346
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

Cylinder chipped.
"Seal 345 displays the unusual motif of a suppliant goddess standing alone before an enthroned deity. In contrast to this, 346 presents a subject often used in the seals of the period--a worshiper bringing a kid in his arms as an offering, with a suppliant goddess following. Only the worshiper's garment, a shawl instead of the usual mantle, is an exceptional feature. The additional figures--... a wrestling bull-man and a nude bearded hero in 346-- are stock motifs of Old Babylonian seals." Porada, CANES, p. 42

Summary: 

Suppliant goddess and worshiper carrying kid before enthroned deity holding rod -- Bull-man and nude bearded hero wrestling -- In field: human head above priest with pail and sprinkler; inscription.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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