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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Figures and Inscriptions - Walters 42710 - Top.jpg 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 hematite cm 2 8 1 2 accession number 42 710 7695 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 42710 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
