Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription

ca. 2050-1950 BCE (Ur III)

1.3 cm 3.4 cm

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This scene depicts an interceding deity with one hand raised; with the other hand, the interceding deity leads a worshipper before a seated, bearded god wearing a tufted robe. There is a cuneiform inscription in two registers. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in r...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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en
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6
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