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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Four Beasts in Combat - Walters 42814 - Side B.jpg The scene on this seal depicts a lion attacking a horned quadruped A second horned quadruped is shown being attacked by a winged monster with talons Between these two sets of battling creatures is a small juglet suspended in the field There is a cuneiform inscription in two registers and above the registers is a disk with a star in it cradled in an inverted crescent between 1970 1670 BC early Old Babylonian; Babylon I hematite cm 2 1 2 accession number 42 814 27892 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 Inscription place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
