between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
15 x 5.8 mm
Morgan Seal 420
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 418-420 are... coarse. Seal 418 shows a priest with pail and sprinkler instead of a worshiper before the god; 419 and 420 present a figure in the same position, clad like the priest but holding a curved object, perhaps a knife." Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary:
"Nude female -- Priest holding knife(?) before sun god." Porada, CANES, p. 51
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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