between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 195
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 31.5 x 18 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Another deity often shown on Akkad seals is the water god, Ea, who bears a vase from which two streams flow over his shoulders; usually there are fishes swimming along these streams. Seals 195-197 embody a frequent theme involving this god--that of a bird-man led captive toward the god." Porada, CANES, p. 25
Summary
Water god, holding flowing vase with fishes in its streams, enthroned in boat, with star in crescent before him in sky -- Minor god leading bird-man by rope -- Second minor god holding long rope behind bird-man.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department