Cylinder Seal with a Worshipper at an Altar

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

1.3 cm 2.8 cm

Citation

On this cylinder seal, a worshipper, perhaps a king, stands next to an altar with his hands raised. The symbols of several deities fill the scene: the six-pointed star above the altar represents Ištar. A crescent moon above a star and a "writing board" represent the moon-good...

Artifact

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3281
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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