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| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with Winged Deities - Walters 421194 - View A.jpg Under a canopy a worshiper faces a deity- possibly Ishtar goddess of fertility- on a raised platform Two winged genii protective deities holding ceremonial buckets flank the central scene and divine astral symbols appear above A three-line inscription gives the name and titles of the owner seal of Nabu-nurka-lamur superintendent of Ahu-shamshi the palace herald The finely drilled style of this seal dates it to the 9th or 8th century BC between 900 700 BC Neo-Assyrian carved pink quartzite gold cm 6 1 1 8 h x diam accession number 42 1194 12766 Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase 1942 Translation seal of Nabu-nurka-lamur superintendent of Ahu-shamshi the palace herald place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
