between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 205
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 33 x 21 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 ... In 202, 203, 205, the god is shown approached by worshipers." Porada, CANES, p. 25
Summary
Enthroned water god, holding flowing vase with fishes along its streams, facing minor god who leads worshipers -- Star and crescent in sky.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
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