between ca. 2139 and 2113 B.C.
black serpentine
20 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 257
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 254-261 are distinguished by their deeply incised engraving, which is most obvious in the human faces. The subjects of these seals are all derived from Akkad designs depicting worship of deities. Ritual scenes with female participants, who are undifferentiated except by their actions (255-259), are more numerous than ritual scenes in which the principal figure is distinguished as a deity by being rendered with a horned miter (254, 260, 261)."--Porada, CANES, p. 31-32
Summary:
Two women with clasped hands before enthroned female figure -- In field, large ear of grain.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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