between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite
25 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 525
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 525 shows a god touching a kid that is being offered to him by a worshiper. This gesture is not paralleled in other Babylonian representations and suggests that the piece is of late origin. This is also indicated by the elongation of the figures." Porada, CANES, p. 60
Summary:
Worshiper carrying kid that is touched by god in ascending posture -- Nude bearded hero with sprinkler -- Star disk in crescent in sky -- Terminal: inscription.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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