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| Keywords: Syrian - Cylinder Seal with a Two-Humped Camel Carrying a Divine Couple - Walters 42804.jpg This seal shows a divine couple sitting on the two humps of a Bactrian camel one of the earliest images of this animal Above them hovers a winged rosette which is a protective emblem A smaller figure holding a bow stands on the head and neck of the camel A winged female deity stands off to the side facing a contest between a man and a beast The surrounding space is filled with a variety of animals including a lion scorpion bull and gazelle between 1800 1650 BC Syria II-III carved hematite cm 2 8 1 3 accession number 42 804 27381 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 Elam in present-day Iran Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Reliefs from Syria Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Animals in art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
