between 2340 B.C. and 2150 B.C.
black serpentine ;
Morgan Seal 251
Description
1 cylinder seal : black serpentine ; 36 x 21 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Banquet scenes, which occur so frequently on Early Dynastic seals, are found on only a few Akkad cylinders ... The arrangement of ... [Seal 251's] figures corresponds with that in the banquet scenes. However, the seated persons seem to be holding sticks or bands rather than drinking tubes." Porada, CANES, p. 30-31
Summary
Seated man with stick(?), facing male attendant; vertical line -- Female attendant facing seated woman holding stick(?) -- Terminal: gatepost.
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Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department