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Source Description
The scene on this seal features an interceding goddess leading a bald worshipper wearing a long robe by the hands, to seated deity. Cuneiform inscription in two registers.
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Document identity
localId
28522
label
Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription
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obj
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object
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6
Source metadata
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28522
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription
description
The scene on this seal features an interceding goddess leading a bald worshipper wearing a long robe by the hands, to seated deity. Cuneiform inscription in two registers.
provenance
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.
date
ca. 2050-1950 BCE (Ur III)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
cylinder seals
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6
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6
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Neo-Sumerian
inscriptions
[Transliteration
Sumerian] 1. lugal?-a?-gi? 2. dumu da?-ga#? [https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P272863]
med
black stone
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4297
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ANE
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none
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