The gate of the year

Cylinder seal and its impression, belonging to the Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period (3200-3000 B.C.), showing a divinity who holds two flowered branches, flanked by two goats or rams which browse on the flowers. It is probably a representation of Dumuzi, the Sumerian shepherd god, in the appearance of a vegetation and fertility god, who periodically dies and comes to life again. The identification is reinforced by the seal knob, sculte in the shape of a lamb or ram, the animal symbol of Dumuzi. The object is in the National Museums (Staatliche Museen), Berlin.

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Cylinder seal and its impression, belonging to the Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period (3200-3000 B.C.), showing a divinity who holds two flowered branches, flanked by two goats or rams which browse on the flowers. It is probably a representation of Dumuzi, the Sumerian shepherd god, in the appearance of a vegetation and fertility god, who periodically dies and comes to life again. The identification is reinforced by the seal knob, sculte in the shape of a lamb or ram, the animal symbol of Dumuzi. The object is in the National Museums (Staatliche Museen), Berlin. [Image: http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/art-history-1450-/deck/1146808]