Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated goddess before figures carrying boxes, one placed on "altar"
Unknown Artist
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
0.93 in. (2.36 cm)
Classification
Stone-Cylinder Seals
Culture & Period
Sumerian · Early Dynastic IIIa
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1984
Accession Number
1984.383.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Goddess