between 3100 B.C. and 2900 B.C.
pink marble
19.5 x 21.5 mm
Morgan Seal 16
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 16, the addition of what appears to be ears of grain is interesting, since this suggests an offering of farm products in general, as on a cylinder of the Uruk period." Porada, CANES, p. 5
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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