Enthroned god with cup

between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
18 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 902
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"The cylinders of this group [900-908] contain a number of features distinctive of Cappadocian and of Syrian glyptic, besides some Mesopotamian elements, though the latter are less prominent here than in the Old Assyrian and in the provincial Babylonian group. ... Among the Cappadocian features is the statue of a bull, here depicted without a rump protuberance (902, 905). Nevertheless, this bull is probably meant to represent a statue, since it seems to be mounted on a pole in 905; in Cappadocian impressions of this style, a similarly rendered bull appears on am altar. ... The principal Mesopotamian feature is the use of the traditional theme of worship of an enthroned deity, in flounced robe and horned miter, holding a cup (901-903, 905)."--Porada, CANES, p. 114

Summary: 

Enthroned god holding cup under star disk in crescent -- Manikin on one knee -- Worshiper carrying kid -- Terminal: hare over back of bull (statue?) above two worshipers placed at right angles to main scene.

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