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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Figures Before an Enthroned Figure - Walters 42586 - Side A.jpg The scene depicts a nude standing figure with arms crossed in front of him figure has no feet and the lower part of the left forearm missing In front of the nude bound figure stands a second figure in a long robe facing a deity with horned headdress and one foot resting in space on what might have been the intended place for a foot stool There is nothing in the field Incorporated into the scene is a cuneiform inscription of three registers date hematite cm 2 3 1 4 h x diam accession number 42 586 393 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 Egypt Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
