between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
steatite
29 x 14.5 mm
Morgan Seal 481
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
"Nude female; god with mace facing suppliant goddess and nude bearded hero holding flowing vase at right --In field: fly above snake -- Secondary motif: above, man on one knee attacked by lion-griffin; below: two men (partly obliterated)." Porada, CANES, p. 56
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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