between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
24.5 x 12.5 mm
Morgan Seal 931
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"All of the three deities in 930 are copies of Old Babylonian subjects--the sun god, the suppliant goddess, and the god with a mace--although in the present rendering the latter seems to be wearing a cap with soft brim rather than the stiff headgear of the Old Babylonian representation."--Porada, CANES, p. 122
Copper needle remaining in perforation.
Summary:
Suppliant goddess facing worshiper who carries antelope by neck, second worshiper following -- In sky, cross disk in crescent -- Terminal: leaping griffin above sitting gazelle.
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