Deity facing weather god with weapon

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
23 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 510
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"In Old Babylonian representations the weather god, Adad, is usually shown standing on a bull and holding a lightning fork; often he also holds the bull's rein. This portrayal is probably related to the somewhat similar representation in the glyptic of the Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia... 509, 510, 512, 514 may be of other than Babylonian origin.... Seal 510 resembles others of these seals in its deeply incised engraving... Usually the weather god faces a worshiper. In 510 and 511 a nude female appears beside the god. This arrangement parallels the portrayals in which the nude female is placed beside the symbols of the weather god (503-506...) and indicates that she was often associated with that deity. " Porada, CANES, p. 58

Summary: 

"Deity facing weather god, who brandishes weapon -- Nude female -- In field: man on one knee above mongoose; star." Porada, CANES, p. 58

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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