between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 176
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 18 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The battles of gods in 173-177 constitute a well-known Akkad subject." Porada, CANES, p. 23
Summary
God on one knee attacked by second god -- Third god assailed with mace by fourth god -- Bull-man(?) fighting fifth god.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department