Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

ca. 2334-2193 BCE (Akkadian) H: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Citation

This presentation scene includes three robed standing figures approaching a seated deity. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark ownership, and they could...

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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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