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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Two Figures and Inscriptions - Walters 42780 - View A.jpg The scene on this seal shows a standing goddess in flounced robes and horned headdress posed with bent arms and raised hands facing a bearded male figure wearing a short tunic The scene also incorporates cuneiform inscription in three registers between 1970 1670 BC Old Babylonian; Babylon I hematite cm 2 4 1 1 accession number 42 780 9645 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 DINGIR god-as-star Sumerogram Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of the ancient Near East Walters cylinder seal 42780 Cuneiform on cylinder seals Walters Art Museum cylinder seals with cuneiform Cuneiform on media Pa cuneiform Šu cuneiform Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
