Suppliant goddess following worshiper thrusting spear in ground

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
17 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 913
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"Seals 910-913 show worshipers before a seated deity; ... The shape of the throne, which in 910-913 resembles that of a temple, is characteristic of scenes of the Third Dynasty of Ur and of early Old Babylonian designs ... Since 910 has been referred to the time of Hammurabi, 911-913, which present related subjects, may be similarly dated, though the deities are rendered not with horned miter as in 910 but with the more typically Syrian short curled hair. The worshiping scenes of 910-913 can be differentiated from their Mesopotamian parallels by the egyptianizing character of the objects held by the enthroned deities ... Of the small symbolic designs that appear in the field in Old Babylonian seals, only the ball staff and vessel recur with any frequency in these Syrian seals."--Porada, CANES, p. 118-119

Summary: 

Suppliant goddess following worshiper who thrusts spear in ground, both facing deity with vase, enthroned on platform -- Before deity, stand with loaves above life sign -- Before goddess, flaming(?) ball staff -- At either side of worshiper, star in sky -- Terminal: bull's head above hand.

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