between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
27 x 15.5 mm
Morgan Seal 320
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Other figures, however, like the pair of contestants in 320 and 321... do not seem to be associated in any manner with the main scene... [T]he drillings (316, 320)... have been encountered on Isin-Larsa seals." Porada, p. 41
Summary:
Suppliant goddess and worshiper before king or god holding cup and enthroned on stool, with hero struggling with goat at left -- In field: three drillings; vessel above ball staff; star disk in crescent above mongoose (before king or god).
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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