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| Keywords: Cypriote - Cylinder Seal with Rows of Genii - Walters 42830.jpg Cyprus produced cylinder seals only during the late 2nd millennium BC These seals combine Syrian and Mesopotamian imagery in a uniquely Cypriot fashion In this example female figures wearing crowns hold long-necked animals in a pose derived from the Mesopotamian composition called mistress of animals The bead-like decoration on the dresses and the wings are also characteristic of Cypriot seals between 1400 1150 BC late Cypriot carved hematite cm 2 4 1 accession number 42 830 18369 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 Cyprus Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Cyprus Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Animals in art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
