between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
42 x 22.5 mm
Morgan Seal 214
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." Porada, CANES, p. 26
Summary:
Above: seated figure facing attendant -- Shrine(?) between two plants, rope from shrine held by second attendant -- Below: seated figure with attendant in robe sprouting grain(?) -- Second similar pair, except that no grain appears beside attendant's robe. No common axis of scenes of two registers.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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