Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

1000-1 BC (Neo-Assyrian)

1.8 cm 3.1 cm 1.8 cm

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This presentation scene depicts a standing figure approaching a seated deity. A stylized palm tree and rosette are included in the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were...

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11876
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.431

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