Worshiper and goddess before god with saw

between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
20 x 10.5 mm
Morgan Seal 863
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"One or more worshipers standing with or without interceding deities before a god constitute the most frequent subject in the present group. This theme is common in Old Babylonian glyptic. Moreover, a number of the gods represented here are characterized by the same emblems as those in Old Babylonian cylinders. In 862-864 and in 884 (upper register), the deity holds the saw of the sun god ... the seals of the present group can be classified as provincial Babylonian and distinguished from seals of southern Mesopotamia on the basis of certain details in the rendering of the figures, especially their garments. The latter often have shoulder straps converging at the waist, like the robe of the worshiper in 862 and that of the god in 863.. Porada, CANES, p. 109-110

Summary: 

Worshiper and goddess before god with saw in ascending posture, human head before him -- Terminal: inscription.

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