between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
pink marble ;
Morgan Seal 16
Description
1 cylinder seal : pink marble ; 19.5 x 21.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 16, the addition of what appears to be ears of grain is interesting, since this suggests an offering of farm products in general, as on a cylinder of the Uruk period." Porada, CANES, p. 5
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department