between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white-and-grey marble
26 x 16 mm
Morgan Seal 125
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 120 and 125 belong to the Third Early Dynastic period... this is indicated... in 125 by the garment of the goddess, which seems to be made of flounced material wrapped around the body; this type of garment became common in the Akkad period immediately following."--Porada, CANES, p. 18
Summary:
Worshiper bringing sacrificial kid to long-haired goddess whose feet rest on kneeling animal; before her, two branches protruding from altar above vase -- Secondary motif: Above, two facing seated women, shrine, small animal -- Below, two figures in boat with bird above; facing boat, woman holding vase(?), man carrying stick with indeterminate object pendant.
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Southern Mesopotamia.
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