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| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with Griffins, Humans and a Winged Disk - Walters 42735.jpg Appearing in the upper register of this seal 3 figures flank a stylized sacred tree with a winged disk above Two winged monsters with eagle heads and scorpion tails flank a falling goat in the lower register The linear style of carving of this seal is characteristic of the 9th and 8th centuries BC between 900 700 BC Neo-Assyrian black stone iron pin cm 3 5 1 2 accession number 42 735 34721 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 Reliefs of griffins Scorpion men Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Animals in art of the ancient Near East Fish in art of the ancient Near East Plants in art of the ancient Near East Archaeological star glyphs Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
