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| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with Genius and Human-Headed Lions - Walters 42666.jpg A four-winged genius grasps two winged human-headed lions by their beards The winged genius served as a protective guardian between 900 700 BC Neo-Assyrian carved chalcedony cm 3 5 1 5 accession number 42 666 19409 Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase 1941 place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Cylinder seal impressions Archaeological star glyphs Fish in art of the ancient Near East Animals in art of the ancient Near East Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Master of Animals | ||||
