between 1500 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
20 x 8.5 mm
Morgan Seal 1013
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In both 1012 and 1013 there is a figure holding a rod with balls, an object very frequently depicted in this type of cylinder. It probably derives from Old Babylonian glyptic, in which it occurs toward the end of the period of the First Dynasty of Babylon, though it also appears in cylinders of the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The nude bearded hero in 1013 and 1014, and the suppliant goddess in 1015, are typical Old Babylonian figures... ". Porada, CANES, p. 140
Summary:
Nude bearded hero overpowering reversed lion -- God brandishing weapon and holding rod with balls while ascending mountain, facing toward female deity(?), fly(?) between them.
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