between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
28 mm
Morgan Seal 242
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The few Akkad scenes showing minor gods introducing worshipers to deities (241-244) set the pattern for the worshiping scenes of the following age." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary:
Worshiper led by goddess following minor god toward enthroned deity.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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