The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated goddess before figures carrying boxes, one placed on "altar"

Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated goddess before figures carrying boxes, one placed on "altar"

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

By 1983, collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, New York; acquired by the Museum in 1984, gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, New York.
Exhibition History

"Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 8–August 17, 2003.
References

Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 115 (Jul. 1,1984 - Jun. 30, 1985), p. 20.

Pittman, Holly, in collaboration with Joan Aruz. 1987. Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 19, pp. 54-55.
See also
Who
Sumerian (164)
What
Stone (7,956)

Figures (5,015)

Seals (2,927)

Marble (2,133)

Boxes (1,762)

Cylinder seals (831)

Stamps (392)

Altars (103)
Where
Asia (68,072)

Iraq (2,491)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,169)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mesopotamia, 8000–2000 B.C.
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