between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite, stained with copper
32 x 18 mm
Morgan Seal 414
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 410-417 picture the sun god with one or more worshipers, often accompanied by other figures. With the exception of 413, these seals are among the coarse and perhaps late products of the period." Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary:
Two worshipers, second carrying kid, before sun god -- In field: porcupine above lightning fork; fish-monster with human head and arm above mongoose (before sun god); large lion scimitar -- Terminal: inscription.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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