between 750 B.C. and 700 B.C.
ivory-yellow chert ;
Morgan Seal 698
Description
1 cylinder seal : ivory-yellow chert ; 13 cm, diameter
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 696-698 are probably somewhat later in date, since their execution is more cursory. This is especially obvious in the rendering of the stars, which are merely indicated by globes."--Porada, CANES, p. 84
Cylinder fragment.
Cylinder fragment.
Summary
Female(?) worshiper before goddess in nimbus; behind goddess, crescent staff and god in winged sun disk -- Seven globes in sky.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department