Sealing
| Object Number: | 32-21-515 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area: | Level VIIIa |
| Locus: | M e level 8 a |
| Period: | Gawra VIIIa |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Clay |
| Iconography: | Snake Man Woman Adam? Eve? |
| Length: | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1932 |
| Other Number: | 5943 - Field No SF Rothman: 2960 - Other Number |
Description
Container sealing depicting a man and woman coupling with a snake behind them and a spade in front of them. Sometimes thought to represent "Adam & Eve".
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Root, Margaret C. 2005. This Fertile Land; Signs + Symbols in the Early Arts of Iran and Iraq.. Kelsey Museum Publications, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 167:98 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 400/ Cat. 2960 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plt. 59/ Fig. 2960 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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