Cylinder seal of the water god Ea with streams flowing from his body, It illustrates the myth in which the bird man Zu is led before his judge Ea, for his attempt to usurp the authority of the supreme Enlil by stealing the tablet of destiny upon which was insribed the fates of all gods and man. The god of agriculture, identified by the plough over his shoulder, represents the deities of vegetation injured byt the theft. Mesopotamia. Akkadian Period:2340 2180 BC Material: Mottled green and black seprentine.