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Shrine before two cows

between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
white marble
37 x 33 mm
Morgan Seal 25
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.

Place: 
Southern Mesopotamia.
Period: 
Jamdat Nasr period
Catalog link: 
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Classification: 
Cylinder seal
Department: 
Seals and Tablets