Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and Animals

18th-17th century BCE (Old Syrian) H: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Citation

Syrian seals have a diverse range of imagery drawn from Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. This scene includes a seated deity holding a staff greeting a robed standing figure. A rearing goat fills the space between the figures, and rabbits, a lion, and a horned creature...

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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.810

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