suggests that the seal might well have a special connection with death since “seals were often deposited in tombs so that the deceased could take them to the afterworld.” 15 The woman is asking the man to allow her to “own” him, but not in some kind of cheap commercial sense; she wants him to willingly give himself to her. She asks him to mark her on his heart and arm. Perhaps the first refers to his inner being, 16 his personality, what makes him tick; and his arm refers to his actions. Taken