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Shrine before two cows

between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
white marble ;
Morgan Seal 25
Description
1 cylinder seal : white marble ; 37 x 33 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Seal partially perforated.
"A row of animals in conjunction with a shrine, as found in 22-25, is a typical themoe of the Jamdat Nasr period. It is generally assumed that this row denotes a temple herd." Porada, CANES, p. 6
Summary
Shrine before two cows.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department