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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Figures, One Seated, and Inscriptions - Walters 42738 - View A.jpg The scene on this seal shows a seated bearded deity in horned headdress and flounced robe offering a shallow bowl to a goddess standing before him The goddess is posed with one arm raised and she also wears a flounced robe and horned headdress An inverted crescent is suspended in the field between them The goddess leads a man bald in a long robe Finally a cuneiform inscription in three registers is incorporated into the scene between 2200 2000 BC Ur III hematite Diam cm 1 3 accession number 42 738 4399 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 Walters cylinder seal 42738 Walters Art Museum cylinder seals with cuneiform Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
