between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
green serpentine
31 x 19.5 mm
Morgan Seal 226
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
[Seals] 224-233, which are executed with varying degrees of care, all show the bull kneeling. Usually a seated goddess holds one end of a cord that seems to pass through the gate, while a male attendant, who is standing or kneeling or possibly floating in the air, holds the other end." Porada, CANES, p. 28
Summary:
Seated goddess holding cord of winged gate that rests on back of kneeling bull -- Nude god raising one foot above bull's back and grasping other end of cord with both hands.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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