between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
25 x 14 mm
Morgan Seal 385
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 385 the principal deity faces a bull-man carrying a kid, as in 384; for this reason the seal has been placed in the present group. However, the god's emblem has been obliterated and his identity is therefore uncertain. Since occasionally a bull-man appears before the sun god in a similar context (Berlin 385), it is possible that it is the latter deity who is depicted here. Such an alternation of Shamash and Nergal is entirely conceivable, since these two gods occasionally seem to appear in juxtaposition, as is suggested in the case of 395..." Porada, CANES, p. 47
Summary:
Suppliant goddess and bull-man carrying kid before god in ascending posture.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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