Vegetation god with stalks of grain and streams issuing from his waist, minor deity with plow, god with stick, and worshiper
between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine
32 x 20 mm
Morgan Seal 208
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Male and female deities associated with the cultivation of grain are represented in 207-214." Porada, CANES, p. 26
Summary:
Enthroned god, with streams(?) issuing from his waist and stalk of grain(?) in his hands, facing minor deity with plow followed by second god carrying stick and leading worshiper -- Mace in field.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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