between 3400 B.C. and 3000 B.C.
marble ;
Morgan Seal 3
Description
1 cylinder seal : marble ; 24.5 x 21 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 3 has been interpreted by E.D. Van Buren as showing priests performing a rite before a shrine. However... it is difficult to judge the character of the figures with certainty, although nudity has often been taken to distinguish priests in representations of later periods." Porada, CANES, p. 3
Summary
Shrine -- Worshiper(?) holding palm leaf(?) and pot -- Second worshiper pouring liquid into pot before him.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department