between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
24.5 x 14 mm
Morgan Seal 384
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"It may also be Nergal who is represented in 383, where the god holds a lion scimitar, and in 384, where the figure stands beside such a scimitar. In 385 the principal deity faces a a bull-man carrying a kid, as in 384..." Porada, CANES, p. 47
Summary:
Nude bearded hero with flowing sprinkler, suppliant goddess, and bull-man carrying kid before god with large lion scimitar behind him.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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