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Cylinder Seal with Figures and Inscriptions   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Near East)Unknown author
Title
Cylinder Seal with Figures and Inscriptions
Description
English: The scene on this seal features a bearded, standing deity in a horned crown, and a short tunic covered by long robe, with one leg on a footrest. There is a standing figure with raised arms before this deity, and this second figure is slightly shorter, with one malformed, disproportionately large hand. Behind this figure is a third, smaller figure in a short tunic. The legs of this third, shorter figure are very muscular and his legs and tunic are rendered in extraordinarily fine detail. Additionally, this third figure holds an unrecognizable object in his hands. The faces of all three figures are very sharply rendered. Also incorporated into the scene is a cuneiform inscription in three registers.
Date Unknown date
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Medium hematite
medium QS:P186,Q103223
Dimensions height: 2.8 cm (1.1 in); diameter: 1.2 cm (0.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,1.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.710
Place of creation Mesopotamia
Object history
  • 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
Credit line Museum purchase, 1941
Inscriptions [Inscription]
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current20:27, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 20:27, 25 March 20121,800 × 1,030 (347 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Near Eastern |title = ''Cylinder Seal with Figures and Inscriptions'' |description = {{en|The scene on this seal features a bearded, standing deity in a horned cro...