between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
37.5 x 33 mm
Morgan Seal 234
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder damaged.
"Seal 234, showing three nude female figures on a monster, may be regarded as a representation of some astral myth, because a contemporaneous seal [Iraq Museum, I M 3528 (unpublished) shows this monster with a body composed of stars." Porada, CANES, p. 29
Summary:
God leading monster -- In sky over its head, star in crescent -- On its back, three nude female figures in profile -- Behind it, small kneeling figure.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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