between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
21 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 523
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder fragment.
"The figure of a god holding a crook, and often shown stepping upon a kneeling gazelle, has been identified by Frankfort as that of the god Amurru. The name of this god occurs frequently in the inscriptions of Old Babylonian seals; occasionally it is found on seals depicting the god with a crook (518, 520, 523). While the inscription of a seal rarely serves to identify the god depicted on it, the group here described presents a sufficient number of instances in which figure and inscription appear together to suggest such an identification. In 517, 518, 523 the god wears the usual horned miter of deity..." Porada, CANES, p. 59
Summary:
God with crook over shoulder -- Terminal: inscription.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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