Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene
first half 2nd millennium BCE (Old Assyrian Trading Colony or Anatolian)
H: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Citation
Source image
This presentation scene depicts a seated figure, possibly a king, receiving three standing deities, including a goddess on the back of a quadruped. Two of the figures hold staffs. A disc and inverted crescent as well as a smaller seated deity are also included. The style of th...
Artifact
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8958
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object
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stage
normalized
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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.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.728_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.728 |