between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
20 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 514
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In Old Babylonian representations the weather god, Adad, is usually shown standing on a bull and holding a lightning fork; often he also holds the bull's rein. This portrayal is probably related to the somewhat similar representation in the glyptic of the Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia... 509, 510, 512, 514 may be of other than Babylonian origin... The large bowlegged dwarf in 514 has no Babylonian parallel and likewise points to foreign origin." Porada, CANES, p. 58
Summary:
"Large bowlegged dwarf before god standing on bull and holding spear and bull's rein; between figures, crescent staff -- Terminal: mace standard, snake." Porada, CANES, p. 59
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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