between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
lapis lazuli
18 x 9.5 mm
Morgan Seal 130
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The mythological scene of 130, which shows a god pushing a female before a deity who holds an ax, is so far unparalleled. The style of this seal is close to that of the Akkad period, as indicated by the multiple-horned miters of the deities." Porada, CANES, p. 19
Summary:
"God holding mace(?) head downward and pushing female toward enthroned god who brandishes ax and shoulders mace -- Attendant behind throne." Porada,CANES, p. 19
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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