between 2000 B.C. and 1800 B.C.
hematite
22 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 312
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Worship of deities, characterized as such by their horned miters, is portrayed in 308-312... The classification of this stone is based on the fact that the star depicted in the lower part of the field is found in a similar position on Isin-Larsa cylinders from Tall Asmar... On the other hand, a later dating may be called for owing to the presence of the spade, symbol of Marduk, which is not found in any other instance dating earlier than the latter part of the First Dynasty of Babylon." Porada, CANES, p. 37-39
Summary:
Worshiper before enthroned god who holds ring and staff; before latter, star disk in crescent above spade -- Short-skirted worshiper facing god who holds plant over star and places foot on mountain.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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