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| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with Deity, Worshipper and Inscription - Walters 42437 - Side D.jpg The depicted scene features a standing deity in a long robe with foot on foot rest Facing the standing deity is a second standing figure in a long tufted robe Behind this second figure is a third- a standing goddess with horned crown and raised hands The field between the standing deity with footrest and the worshipper includes an inverted crescent The scene also incorporates a cuneiform inscription in three registers between 1970 1670 BC Old Babylonian hematite cm 2 8 1 5 1 6 h x w x diam accession number 42 437 38493 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 Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Walters cylinder seal 42437 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
