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Offering scene with two figures approaching seated long-haired figure

between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
lapis lazuli ;
Morgan Seal 124
Description
1 cylinder seal : lapis lazuli ; 16 x 8.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The scene of... 124 may represent a procession toward a deity, perhaps of persons bearing offerings." Porada, CANES, p. 18
Summary
Three figures, first holding second by hand, advancing toward seated long-haired figure.
Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department