Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa)

1.4 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

This scene includes a seated deity holding the rod and ring of kingship. Three standing figures approach the deity. A smaller figure stands on the other side of the seated deity, and holds a sword. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to...

Artifact

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36904
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.575

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