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| Keywords: Turkish - Cylinder Seal with a Seated God - Walters 42800 - Top.jpg Seals first appeared in Cappadocia in the early 2nd millennium BC Mesopotamian influence can be seen in the use of hematite and elements such as the worshiper before the seated deity and the sun disk inside a crescent Typically Cappadocian however is the crowded composition with a standing man and many animals The people of this region had contact with the Mesopotamians and also with the Assyrians who established a trading center in the region ca 2000 1700 BC carved hematite cm 1 8 1 2 accession number 42 800 13989 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 Cappadocia Turkey Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art from Turkey Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
