Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription

ca. 2050-1950 BCE (Ur III) Diam: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation Source image

The depicted scene features a central motif of a stylized tree on a platform. On one side is a standing figure, on the other a seated figure holding a mace or staff of some kind. One register of cuneiform script is also included in the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical obj...

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18930
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object
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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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CC0
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en
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7
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संस्कृति
Neo-Sumerian
माध्यम
black stone

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