between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
black serpentine
18 x 8 mm
Morgan Seal 554
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 551-554 present only rows of figures that may be worshipers. Such rows of worshipers occur frequently in the glyptic of the northwestern periphery of Mesopotamia and may derive from this region." Porada, CANES, p. 61
Summary:
Worshiper led by goddess(?) following nude male figure -- In field: two drillings; ball staff; crescent above vessel.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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