between 2700 B.C. and 2500 B.C.
onyx marble ;
Morgan Seal 106
Description
1 cylinder seal : onyx marble ; 22 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Seals 105 and 106, however,... belong to the Second Early Dynastic period... Seal 106 corresponds closely with a seal from Fara (Berlin 101) dated by Moortgat in that period..." Porada, CANES, p. 16
Summary
Attendant standing between woman and man, seated facing, each raising beaker.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department