between 2350 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
shell
65 x 23.5 mm
Morgan Seal 213
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
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.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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