between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
felsite
39 x 25.5 (23.5) mm
Morgan Seal 197
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:
Worshiper carrying kid behind minor god holding mace and grasping bird-man by ear -- Second minor god leading bird-man by rope toward enthroned water god, who holds flowing vase with fishes along its streams.
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