between 2350 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell ;
Morgan Seal 213
Description
1 cylinder seal : shell ; 65 x 23.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Cylinder damaged.
"Male and female deities associated with the cultivation of grain are represented in 207-214 ... the nature of the deities is indicated in various degrees of simplification: in 209, 211, 213, only ears of grain growing from their shoulders or from their garments serve to identify them." Porada, CANES, p. 26
"Male and female deities associated with the cultivation of grain are represented in 207-214 ... the nature of the deities is indicated in various degrees of simplification: in 209, 211, 213, only ears of grain growing from their shoulders or from their garments serve to identify them." Porada, CANES, p. 26
Summary
Above: attendant behind one of two facing seated figures -- Below: gate opened (?) by attendant; seated female (?) figure with grain growing from her knees, holding cup; one figure obliterated -- Both registers bordered by bands. No common axis of scenes.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department