Cylinder Seal with Deities and Worshippers

ca. 1800-1650 BCE (Old Syrian)

1.3 cm 3 cm

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Syrian seals have a diverse range of imagery drawn from Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia. This seal depicts the Syrian "smiting" god and a nude female goddess, probably Ishtar, standing on the back of a bull. In this period, nude goddesses were generally associated with...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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