between 1894 B.C. and 1595 B.C.
dark-red hematite ;
Morgan Seal 498
Description
1 cylinder seal : dark-red hematite ; 18 x 8.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Damaged cylinder.
Summary
"Worshiper before deity -- Nude female -- In field: fish(?); crescent -- Secondary motif: lion-griffin placed horizontally above two facing seated sphinxes." Porada, CANES, p. 57
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department