Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and Fantastical Animals

18th-17th century BCE (Old Syrian) Citation Source image

Syrian seals have a diverse range of imagery drawn from Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. This seal depicts a worshipper standing, hands raised, facing two figures, probably deities. One deity holds a staff and wears the Egyptian Atef crown, here possibly representing O...

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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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