Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription

ca. 2334-1950 BCE (Gutian or Ur III)

1.4 cm 2.3 cm

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The scene depicts a nude, standing male figure with arms crossed in front of him. The figure has no discernable feet, and the lower part of the left forearm missing. In front of the nude, bound (?) figure stands a second figure in a long robe, facing a deity with horned headdr...

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393
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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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en
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6
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