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Female worshiper with pail following second woman, who pours libation over altar before enthroned god

between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
lapis lazuli
16.5 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 247
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"Scenes showing worshipers standing before a deity without an intermediary (245-247) are rare in this period and later." Porada, CANES, p. 30

Summary: 

Female worshiper with pail following second woman, who pours libation over altar before enthroned god -- Crescent in sky -- Terminal: tree.

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