between 2350 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 240
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 24 x 14 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 240, which cannot be related to any specific mythological concept, seems to depict a deity in a boat, raising a cup." Porada, CANES, p. 29
Summary
Boat containing seated deity(?), standing attendant, nude man rowing -- Crescent in sky.
Catalog link
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department