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Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated goddess before figures carrying boxes, one placed on "altar"
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Culture: Sumerian
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 0.93 in. (2.36 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1984
Accession Number: 1984.383.5
“Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 10, 1987–January 10, 1988.
“La Fundació de la Ciutat: Mesopotàmia, Grècia, Roma,” Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, April 6–July 23, 2000.
"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.
“Founding Figures: Copper Sculptures from the Ancient Near East, ca. 3300-2000.” Morgan Library & Museum, New York, May 13, 2016–August 21, 2017.
“Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2022–September 29, 2024.
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