between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
27.5 x 16 mm
Morgan Seal 434
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary:
"Nude bearded hero and bull-man wrestling -- God with mace facing suppliant goddess -- In field: porcupine above sitting goat; human head; star disk in crescent above small nude female -- Terminal: inscription." Porada, CANES, p. 53
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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