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| Keywords: Babylonian - Model of Chariot - Walters 481965.jpg This model represents a chariot protected by a front shield The interior of the shield has been stamped with the image of a worshiper standing before a god wearing a tall horned headdress He holds a rod and ring in one hand measuring instruments associated with divine justice The elongated figures resemble depictions of deities on cylinder seals from the period ca 1800 1600 BC Old Babylonian hand-formed and stamped terracotta cm 16 8 10 4 10 1 ; each whee cm 13 6 diam accession number 48 1965 586 F S David New York Walters Art Museum 1947 by purchase Museum purchase 1947 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 place of origin Babylonia in present-day Iraq Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Babylon Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Models of road vehicles | ||||
