between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 245
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 37 x 25 (23) mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Scenes showing worshipers standing before a deity without an intermediary (245-247) are rare in this period and later." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary
Enthroned goddess with mace facing worshiper who carries kid and pours libation over flaming altar -- Behind worshiper, two female worshipers, one with pail, other with arm upraised supporting object on palm of her hand -- Star and crescent in sky -- Terminal: plant.
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