between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
29 x 16.5 mm
Morgan Seal 206
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." Porada, CANES, p. 25
Summary:
Three minor gods standing with clasped hands before enthroned water god holding flowing vase with fishes along its streams -- In field: Mace; star; star spade.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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