Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

1st millennium BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

1.4 cm 2.9 cm 1.4 cm

Citation

This seal features a worshipper, possibly a king, following an interceding goddess or a fellow worshipper. These figures stand before a seated deity, possibly Ishtar, who holds a chaplet of beads. A crescent, a seven pointed star, and a sacred tree decorate the space between t...

Artifact

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5922
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.435

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