between 1500 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
19 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 1017
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 1016 and 1017 the personage holding a rod with balls is shown sitting; in 1016 he appears opposite a seated figure with a mace. The latter object does not appear in the hand of a seated figure in Old Babylonian glyptic."--Porada, CANES, p. 141
Summary:
Deity behind enthroned deity who holds rod with balls and face worshiper -- Two fighting heros.
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