between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
blue-and-yellow jasper breccia
23 x 13.5 mm
Morgan Seal 567
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder damaged.
"The motif presenting an inscription to which two suppliant goddesses appear to address themselves in prayer occurs in the earlier part of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Impressions of such seals are found on tablets from Larsa antedating the time of Hammurabi. However, the motif continued in use throughout the Old Babylonian period... The most rudimentary seals of this class frequently show only one goddess before the inscription (566, 567)." Porada, CANES, p. 62
Summary:
Inscription -- Suppliant goddess at right.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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