between 2112 and 2004 B.C.
black serpentine
27 x 14 mm
Morgan Seal 276
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The type of scene most frequently found on cylinders of the Third Dynasty of Ur shows a minor goddess leading a worshiper by the hand toward an enthroned deity ... The same type of ritual scene was used earlier on the seals of Gudea of Lagash and of his officials. Seal 274 is an example of the latter. ... Seals 275 and 276 show the same features and may therefore also be dated in the time of Gudea." Porada, CANES, p. 35
Summary:
Worshiper led by minor goddess toward enthroned goddess with crescent and altar before her.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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