between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
24 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 394
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"On most of the best-executed seals of this group the god faces a worshiper carrying a kid, behind whom stands a suppliant goddess (394, 395, 397-400)..."--Porada, CANES, p. 49
Summary:
God with mace facing female figure -- Suppliant goddess and worshiper carrying kid before sun god, who holds saw over lion club -- In field: two globes; star; sun disk in crescent.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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