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| Keywords: Kassite - Cylinder Seal - Walters 42619.jpg The Kassites were a people from the northwest who installed themselves as the rulers of southern Mesopotamia unified under the name of Babylonia They adopted much of its culture including the cylinder seal Their seals tend to be tall and thin and often devote much of the surface to inscriptions of prayers as in this example which also depicts a seated deity holding divine symbols between 1595 1155 BC Middle Babylonian red and white stone cm 3 6 1 7 accession number 42 619 2536 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 Archaeological glyphs Cuneiform on cylinder seals Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Deity-Seated Rod-and-Ring Symbol Cross-4 Sky Glyph Kassite cylinder seal Walters 42619 A cuneiform Bad cuneiform DINGIR god-as-star Sumerogram Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
