Cylinder Seal with Standing Figures and an Inscription

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa) Diam: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm) Citation Source image

This scene is comprised of two standing deities framing three registers of cuneiform text. The figures face opposite directions, and a "blitzbundel" or lightning stick, and a mace decorate the space between them. One standing deity, possibly Shamash, wears a long, tufted robe...

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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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