God with mace, suppliant goddess, and worshiper before god holding lightning fork

between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
19.5 x 10.5 mm
Morgan Seal 867
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 866 and 867, the god with a mace is pictured with the same characteristics as on Old Babylonian seals such as 430-452. However, 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. ... In addition to portraying gods that may be referred to Old Babylonian prototypes, the seals of this group depict gods for whom no exact parallels exist in Old Babylonian designs; among these are the weather god brandishing a weapon (867-871, 881) ..."--Porada, CANES, p. 109-110

Summary: 

God with mace, suppliant goddess, and worshiper before god holding lightning fork and rein of bull on which he stands -- Before suppliant goddess, long staff with triple crest -- Terminal: three globes.

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