between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
green serpentine
30 x 18 (17) mm
Morgan Seal 212
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Male and female deities associated with the cultivation of grain are represented in 207-214 ... The fullest characterization of them is found in 207 and 212. In these latter seals the principal deities are seated on heaps of grain; stalks of grain sprout from their shoulders and rest in their hands. In 207 a plow is carried before the deity; in 212, it is in actual use." Porada, CANES, p. 26
Summary:
Worshiper plowing -- Offerings on altar before enthroned goddess who holds stalks of grain while other stalks sprout from her shoulders -- Terminal: inscription.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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