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CIRCA 2334-2154 B.C.
Details
AN AKKADIAN DARK GREEN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With a plowing scene: a god working a plow pulled by a lion while a goddess fills the funnel with seed, the god in a horned tiara capped with a star, wearing a long creased robe open at the front, a goddess with maces rising from her shoulders, wearing a long flounced robe, a worshipper to the right in a fringed robe, pouring a libation from a slender vessel, his left hand raised, with several fillers including a standing woman in a long robe with one arm raised, a bull with a bird on its back, a bird on the wing, a reed fence, and a scorpion, all above, and a dog seated on its haunches, an oval and a staff, all below
37 x 25 mm
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With a plowing scene: a god working a plow pulled by a lion while a goddess fills the funnel with seed, the god in a horned tiara capped with a star, wearing a long creased robe open at the front, a goddess with maces rising from her shoulders, wearing a long flounced robe, a worshipper to the right in a fringed robe, pouring a libation from a slender vessel, his left hand raised, with several fillers including a standing woman in a long robe with one arm raised, a bull with a bird on its back, a bird on the wing, a reed fence, and a scorpion, all above, and a dog seated on its haunches, an oval and a staff, all below
37 x 25 mm
Provenance
Erlenmeyer Collection
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals and Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part I), Sotheby's London, 9 July 1992, lot 103
Antiquities, Including Western Asiatic Antiquities and Cylinder Seals from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part II), Sotheby's London, 12 June 1997, lot 67
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals and Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part I), Sotheby's London, 9 July 1992, lot 103
Antiquities, Including Western Asiatic Antiquities and Cylinder Seals from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part II), Sotheby's London, 12 June 1997, lot 67
Literature
Boehmer, Die Entwicklung der Glyptik Während der Akkad-Zeit, no. 1684a, fig. 715a.
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, no. 617
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, no. 617