between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
steatite ;
Morgan Seal 481
Description
1 cylinder seal : steatite ; 29 x 14.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
"Nude female; god with mace facing suppliant goddess and nude bearded hero holding flowing vase at right --In field: fly above snake -- Secondary motif: above, man on one knee attacked by lion-griffin; below: two men (partly obliterated)." Porada, CANES, p. 56
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department