between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
15 x 7 mm
Morgan Seal 875
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 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 ... a godholding a staff topped by a small crescent (875-877)."--Porada, CANES, p. 109-110
Summary:
Worshiper led by goddess toward god wearing headgear resembling top hat and grasping crescent staff -- Behind god, nude bearded hero.
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