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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Seated Crowned Goddess and Two Men - Walters 42795 - Side B.jpg The scene on this seal shows a seated deity wearing a horned crown and flounced robe offering a cup to a standing figure facing him also wearing a long robe In the deity's other hand appears to be a boomerang Between these two figures is a small dancing stick figure and an inverted crescent is located in the field between them There is also a third figure with one arm raised who stands behind the figure recieving the cup Additionally there is a cuneiform inscription in three registers incorporated into the scene between 1970 1670 BC Babylon I hematite cm 2 5 1 4 accession number 42 795 25863 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 42795 Cuneiform on cylinder seals Walters Art Museum cylinder seals with cuneiform DINGIR god-as-star Sumerogram DUMU son Sumerogram Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
