Cylinder Seal with Standing Deities and Worshippers

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

0.9 cm 1.8 cm

Citation

This seal depicts two standing worshippers approaching a deity who stands on a quadruped, possibly a lion. Two small figures, each with a bent leg, stand in auxiliary scene, one atop the other. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to lea...

Artifact

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6274
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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/42.821

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