between 2000 B.C. and 1700 B.C.
hematite
26.5 x 14.5 mm
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 10
Provenance:
Acquired by Robert F. Kelley from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon in the thirties and forties
Notes:
"The gesture of the worshiper's hands resembles Elamite (SW Iranian) representations and the cylinder may have been made in that area."--Pierpont Morgan Library, Report to the Fellows, 1973 to 1977, p. 376
Summary:
A suppliant goddess and a worshiper stand before an unidentified deity --Inscription.
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