Worshiper before deity before table, and god in ascending posture

between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
24 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 877
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 before deity (in frontal view) standing beside table heaped with loaves -- Facing table, god in ascending posture, bearing crescent scepter and ax -- Behind god, in upper field, smal figure with curved weapon menacing(?) hero or god with scimitar who is bringing his foot down on human victim.

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