Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

first half 2nd millennium BCE (Middle Bronze Age) H: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation

The surface of this scene is very worn, but images of a seated figure and an approaching standing figures approaching is discernible. A rearing animal, possibly horned cattle, is also depicted. The presence of cattle in a presentation scene suggests a possible Anatolian origin...

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31744
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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/42.600

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