between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
16 x 8.5 mm
Morgan Seal 541
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 539-542 the principal figure is a man in short garment and a ridged cap, holding a cup, while worshipers and goddesses stand before him."--Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary:
Lion-griffin holding pole -- Priest with pail and sprinkler following worshiper before cup-bearing figure -- Crescent above mongoose before latter.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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