MAKE A MEME View Large Image Cypriote - Cylinder Seal with a Nude Goddess - Walters 42415 - Side E.jpg This unusual seal shows two nude female figures squatting on stools with their legs spread and bent perhaps in childbirth Each holds flowers in both hands a symbol of ...
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Keywords: Cypriote - Cylinder Seal with a Nude Goddess - Walters 42415 - Side E.jpg This unusual seal shows two nude female figures squatting on stools with their legs spread and bent perhaps in childbirth Each holds flowers in both hands a symbol of fertility Between them stands another figure perhaps a childbirth goddess The image is uniquely Cypriot between 1400 1150 BC late Cypriot carved black stone gold ends cm 2 5 1 2 h x diam accession number 42 415 30332 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Cyprus Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Cyprus Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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