God with mace and god with lion club

between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
24.5 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 464
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"Seals 463-466 have small figures forming secondary motifs beside the main scenes. All or part of the figures of these secondary motifs are reversed. Since this feature is especially common in the glyptic of the regions around Mesopotamia, it seems possible that these four seals are all peripheral products. This may account for the unusual occurrence of a god with fishes in 463, and of a god with a snake before him in 465, as well as for the rendering of the two principal figures in 466 so that they face in the same direction instead of toward each other. In 464 the three principal figures are compatible with Babylonian usage, since in the scenes of the group next to be discussed, a nude female often stands beside the god with a mace, while the latter faces some other deity. However, the prominence of drill work in the main figures of 464, as well as the crosshatching of the sheep in the secondary motif, indicates non-Babylonian origin." Porada, CANES, p. 54-55

Summary: 

"Nude female -- Figure posed like god with mace, facing god in ascending posture who holds lion club -- In field: crescent stand, fish, lightning fork, one above other; mace; ball staff above vessel (reversed) -- Secondary motif (all figures reversed): above, sheep facing small mongoose; below, enthroned figure holding crook and facing priest(?)" Porada, CANES, p. 55

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
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