between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
30 x 19 mm
Morgan Seal 252
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Banquet scenes, which occur so frequently on Early Dynastic seals, are found on only a few Akkad cylinders ... Seal 252 shows an unusual figure, a servant fanning the drinking female figure. An attendant similarly occupied is depicted in an Early Dynastic banquet scene found in the grave of Queen Shub-ad (Ur 18, upper register). The design of 252 therefore appears to be genuine, despite the fact that the faces of the figures suggest some recutting in modern times." Porada, CANES, p. 30
Summary:
Female figure with pail behind second female figure facing woman seated at table, who raises cup while being fanned(?) by female attendant standing behind her -- Crescent and plant in field -- Terminal: star spade.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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