Mythological scene (?) with vegetation deities [seal impression]. [modern impression of seal created between 2350 and 2150 B.C.]

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Mythological scene (?) with vegetation deities [seal impression]. [modern impression of seal created between 2350 and 2150 B.C.]

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Two gods in horned headdresses and striped robes appear before a seated goddess in horned headdress holding stalks of grain in each hand; the first presenter has vegetation growing out of his shoulders and a stalk of grain in the right hand, while his left hand is open; the second presenter is bare-chested and holds both hands open before him; the third presenter, a priest, is bald, bare-chested, wears an animal-skin skirt, and carries a young antelope as offering. At left, behind the priest, a nude god (except for abbreviated loincloth) in horned headdress kneels before a vanquishing, bare-chested god, who is the gesture of removing the victim's crown of divinity; in his left hand is a mace, and he has one foot on the victim's waist; the victim holds one hand out and open while the other stretches back over a mountain; above him, an uncertain inscription of two lines.

1 seal impression : baked polyform ; 81 x 38 mm.; image height: 34 mm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...