between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 244
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 35 x 21 (19.5) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The few Akkad scenes showing minor gods introducing worshipers to deities (241-244) set the pattern for the worshiping scenes of the following age." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary
Enthroned goddess facing minor god(?) who leads worshiper -- Crescent in sky -- Terminal: plant.
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