Cylinder Seal with Standing Figures

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa)

1.3 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

This seal depicts two standing figures approaching a deity, most likely Shamash. The deity stands with one foot upon a stool or mountain and holds a sword in his hand. In an auxiliary scene, two standing figures flank an altar. Two crescents with stars decorate the scene. Cyli...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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5290
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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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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.623

Terms

संस्कृति
Babylonian
माध्यम
hematite
विधा
cylinder seals

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