between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
31.5 x 18 mm
Morgan Seal 195
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Another deity often shown on Akkad seals is the water god, Ea, who bears a vase from which two streams flow over his shoulders; usually there are fishes swimming along these streams. Seals 195-197 embody a frequent theme involving this god--that of a bird-man led captive toward the god." Porada, CANES, p. 25
Summary:
Water god, holding flowing vase with fishes in its streams, enthroned in boat, with star in crescent before him in sky -- Minor god leading bird-man by rope -- Second minor god holding long rope behind bird-man.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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