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Cylinder Seal (with modern impression), marble?, Uruk Period From the Uruk - Southern Mesopotamian Period, 3100 BCE - 4000 BCE Found in provenance unknown Uruk period seals often depicted scenes of a figure seen wearing the roll brimmed hat and net skirt drawning in temple herd.The figure feeds flowery branches of rosettes. Two rams flanked by the gate-post symbol for Inanna, which suggest that these animals were associated with her temple. The new-born calf and grain jars suggest a preoccupation with daily survival and the ensuring of fertile herds and crops, under the protection of both the Goddess and the figure. Horne, Lee and Richard L. Zettler. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998, fg 38ab. Source |