Cylinder Seal with a Standing Figure and an Inscription
20th-15th century BCE or modern (Old Babylonian-Kassite or Modern)
Diam: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Citation
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This seal depicts a worshipper standing with their arms raised. Five registers with cuneiform inscriptions have been incorporated into the scene. The orientation of the figure and the seal's style suggests that this might not be authentic. Cylinder seals are cylindrical object...
Artifact
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4913
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object
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stage
normalized
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provenance
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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rightsUri
CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.770_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.770_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.770_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.770 |