between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
white marble
40 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 108
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Eisen comments on this seal in his discussion of Moore 27, drawing attention to its striking similarity to two seals from Telloh (H. de Genouillac, Fouilles de Telloh, Paris, 1934, vol. I, pl. 70 bis, fig. 1b, d)." Porada, CANES, p. 16
Summary:
Above: Two facing seated figures raising cups or beakers; shrine -- Below: Row of three walking goats; plants or branches in field.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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