Cylinder Seal with a Cultic Scene

10th-mid 6th century BCE (Neo-Babylonian) H: 1 in. (2.5 cm) Citation

This seal features a devotee worshipping the God Assur, who stands in a crescent moon. A large lotus or plamette design, a quadruped, and various emblems also decorate the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impr...

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3073
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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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