Cylinder Seal with Two Figures and an Inscription

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa) H: 5/8 in. (1.7 cm) Citation

This seal depicts two standing figures flanking a small altar. Three columns of cuneiform text are incorporated into the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally...

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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/42.584

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