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| Keywords: Inscriptions - Walters 42582 - View A.jpg The depicted scene includes a lion and a griffin both on hind legs attacking a horned quadruped The horned quadruped's body faces the lion but its head is turned to face the griffin Behind the griffin is another figure the top of which is difficult to read but the legs on which it stands are that of a bull bull-man A cuneiform inscription in two registers borders the scene date Old Babylonian black stone cm 2 5 1 3 h x diam accession number 42 582 12556 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 42582 Walters Art Museum cylinder seals with cuneiform Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
