between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
limonite
27 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 467
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 467 also deserves special mention, because here the principal deity holds a whip over his shoulder; there is no parallel for this in Old Babylonian seals. The dancers in the lower register of the secondary motif are figures often found in the later seals of the period." Porada, CANES, p. 54
Summary:
"Suppliant goddess and figure posed like god with mace facing deity who shoulders whip(?), monkey before latter -- Secondary motif: above, bowlegged dwarf facing small male figure; below, two dancers holding hands." Porada, CANES, p. 55
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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