between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
18 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 901
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The cylinders of this group [900-908] contain a number of features distinctive of Cappadocian and of Syrian glyptic, besides some Mesopotamian elements, though the latter are less prominent here than in the Old Assyrian and in the provincial Babylonian group. ... The principal Mesopotamian feature is the use of the traditional theme of worship of an enthroned deity, in flounced robe and horned miter, holding a cup (901-903, 905)."--Porada, CANES, p. 114
Summary:
Center: enthroned god with cup -- Before worshiper, sun disk in crescent, human head -- At left, crossed lions, reversed, with human head above, hare below -- At right, eagle with two lion heads, above reversed hare.
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