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| Keywords: Mitannian - Cylinder Seal with Winged Genie - Walters 42671.jpg A winged figure with legs in the form of coiling snakes holds two horned animals by their tails To the side two lions attack a fallen antelope below the divine emblems of a winged disk and two rosettes This composition is similar to a seal impression found on a letter from the Mitannian king to the king of Egypt The art of the Mitannian kingdom a major international power in northern Mesopotamia and eastern Syria during the 15th and 14th centuries BC is best known through its seals between 1500 1300 BC Mitannian hematite cm 2 2 1 2 accession number 42 671 36626 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 Mitanni in Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Mitanni seal impressions Mythological hybrids Lions in decorative arts Antelopes in art Lions in art of the ancient Near East Animals in art of the ancient Near East Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
