Woman(?) and man following goat with bird(?) and fish above it

between 2139 and 2113 B.C.
lapis lazuli
9 x 6 mm
Morgan Seal 263
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"Seals 262 and 263 are included here even though they do not show the deeply incised engraving characteristic of the group: the fact that they retain Akkad features but lack the modeling and cohesion of the earlier designs may serve to classify them as Post-Akkad. In 262, in whihc a contest scene is depicted, the hero's hair, brushed up in a curl at the back, conforms with typical Akkad coiffure ... The fact that in this scene the woman, if it is a woman, precedes the man, is unique, since female figures usually follow the male ones." Porada, CANES, p. 32-33

Summary: 

Woman(?) and man, each with hand raised, following goat with bird and fish(?) above it.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Classification: 
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