between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 434
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 27.5 x 16 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"Nude bearded hero and bull-man wrestling -- God with mace facing suppliant goddess -- In field: porcupine above sitting goat; human head; star disk in crescent above small nude female -- Terminal: inscription." Porada, CANES, p. 53
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department