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Worshiper facing altar with goat-fish and scorpion-men

between 600 B.C. and 401 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 784
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 41 x 17 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Summary
Worshiper facing altar that supports goat-fish carrying on its back ram-headed crook ending in fork(?) -- Two scorpion-men, facing, on platform.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department