between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
17.5 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 906
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. ... Departure from Mesopotamian practice can be seen in the gesture of the worshiper (900, 906) tendering to the enthroned deity an antelope that he holds by its hind leg." . Porada, CANES, p. 114
Summary:
God or hero (in frontal view) holding two weapons -- Altar -- Goddess(?) with cup, on mountain(?) -- Two crossed antelopes over squatting monkey -- Worshiper tendering animal to seated deity with cup -- Before deity, star disk in crescent -- Behind deity, ball staff.
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