between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
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38 x 19.5 (19) mm
Morgan Seal 210
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Male and female deities associated with the cultivation of grain are represented in 207-214 ... The gesture of the minor god standing with hands outstretched before the enthroned deity of grain in 207 and 210 is typical of scenes featuring this divinity." Porada, CANES, p. 26
Summary:
Seated deity holding stalk of grain(?) and facing minor god followed by male and female worshiper.
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