between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
31 x 15 mm
Morgan Seal 455
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder fragment.
"On one seal (455), the god holds not a mace but a scimitar. The piece is nevertheless included here because the posture of the figure, as well as the kneeling gazelle supporting a crook before the god, conforms with the characteristics of such typical seals of this group as 452." Porada, CANES, p. 52
Summary:
Figure in attire and posture of god with mace, but armed in scimitar, facing obliterated figure (suppliant goddess) -- Between figures, star disk in crescent above kneeling antelope carrying crook on its back.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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